Quote of the day
Every hand and every hour should be devoted to rescue the world from its insanity of guilt, and to assuage the pangs of human hearts with balm and anodyne. To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.
Marriott Edgar
Born: 1880
Died: 1951 (aged 71)
Bio: Marriott Edgar, born George Marriott Edgar in Kirkcudbright, Scotland, was a poet, scriptwriter and comedian best known for writing many of the monologues performed by Stanley Holloway, particularly the 'Albert' series.
Known for:
- Oh, Mr Porter! (1937)
- The Ghost Train (1941)
- Ask a Policeman (1939)
- Windbag the Sailor (1937)
- Convict 99 (1938)