Joy is a subtle elf; I think one's happiest when he forgets himself.

However stagings of The Atheist's Tragedy remain few and far between. (M. This fervent constancy of spirit relieves the lurid gloom and widens the limited range of a tragic imagination which otherwise might be felt as oppressive rather than inspiriting.

Cyril Tourneur (1575 – 28 February 1626) was an English dramatist who enjoyed his greatest success during the reign of King James I of England. His best-known work is The Revenger's Tragedy (1607) a play which has alternatively been attributed to Thomas Middleton.