Nathaniel Lee
(1653?-1692)

From Cibber, Lives, ii. 230.

LEE, for aught we know, might have some noble flights of fancy, even in Bedlam; and it is reported of him that while he was writing one of his scenes by moon-light, a cloud intervening, he cried out in ecstasy, `Jove, snuff the moon!', but as this is only related upon common report, we desire no more credit may be given to it than its own nature demands.

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