Charles Maturin

right|thumb|200px|Portrait of C.R. Maturin, 1819 Charles Robert Maturin (25 September 1780 – 30 October 1824), also known as C.R. Maturin, was an Irish Protestant clergyman (ordained by the Church of Ireland) and a writer of gothic plays and novels. Quotes A maladyPreys on my heart that med'cine cannot reach. Bertram (first staged May 9, 1816), Act IV, scene 2. O wretched is the dame, to whom the sound,"Your lord will soon return," no pleasure brings. Bertram (first staged May 9, 1816), Act II, scene 5. 'Tis well to be merry and wise, 'Tis well to be honest and true;'Tis well to be off with the old love, Before you are on with the new. Motto to "Bertram," produced at Drury Lane, 1816. They waste life in what are called good resolutions—partial efforts at reformation, feebly commenced, heartlessly conducted, and hopelessly concluded. Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 384. External links Charles_Maturin Charles Maturin The 1911 Encyclopedia University of Adelaide on Melmoth Maturin Biopic Category:Anglicans Category:Clergy Category:Novelists from Ireland Category:Playwrights from Ireland Category:People from Dublin Category:1780 births Category:1824 deaths