Quote of the day
In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.
Thomas Heywood
Born: 1574
Died: August 16, 1641 (aged 67)
Bio: Thomas Heywood was a prominent English playwright, actor, and author. His main contributions were to late Elizabethan and early Jacobean theatre.
Known for:
- A Woman Killed with Kindness
- The Fair Maid of the West
- The Late Lancashire Witches
- Fortune by Land and Sea
- Edward IV