Quote#Books & Reading
I have been told by some anciently conversant with the Stage, that it…
Quote byEdward Ravenscroft · 1654–1707
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Preface to Titus Andronicus, or the Rape of Lavinia (1686); quoted in The Shakespeare Allusion-Book: A Collection of Allusions to Shakespeare from 1591-1700, vol 2, ed. John Munro (1932)..
English (original)
I have been told by some anciently conversant with the Stage, that it was not Originally his, but brought by a private Author to be Acted and he only gave some Master-touches to one or two of the Principal Parts or Characters; this I am apt to believe, because 'tis the most incorrect and indigested piece in all his Works, It seems rather a heap of Rubbish then a Structure.
— Edward Ravenscroft
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