Hector Snipe Quotes in Theater of Blood (1973)

Edwina Lionheart: It's all right, sir. You're among friends, sir.

Hector Snipe: Thank you. I was beginning to get a bit nervous.

Edward Lionheart: We were just rehearsing Troilus and Cressida. Specifically the scene where Hector, thinking he's among friends, is unexpectedly killed by them.

Hector Snipe: Lionheart, I came here for an interview, not a lecture on Shakespeare. Now tell me the amazing story of your resurrection.

Edward Lionheart: It's a grave tale, Snipe. But I think you can rise to the occasion.

[Snipe is catapulted onto the stage, where the tramps begin to attack him]

Edward Lionheart: I always admired you as a critic, Snipe. Your clever use of analogy and metaphor, plus you always strived to be complimentary. But not always complimentary.

Hector Snipe: Critics make mistakes, Lionheart. We're only human.

Edward Lionheart: An opinion I find myself incapable of sharing.

Hector Snipe: You must admit I was most enthusiastic about your performance as Achilles.

Edward Lionheart: Oh, yes. Yes, now that you mention it, I vaguely recall you wrote some review.

Hector Snipe: I remember it very well. I wrote, Edward Lionheart's Troilus and Cressida must be considered as a brilliant theatrical achievement, and his own performance as Achilles unsurpassed. Well, something of that sort.

Edward Lionheart: A splendid review, my dear Snipe. Splendid. What else did you say?

Hector Snipe: More in the same vein.

Edward Lionheart: Let me refresh your memory.

[reads]

Edward Lionheart: ...Achilles unsurpassed. This clearly is Lionheart's own view. That actor's oft-expressed desire for solitude is well known. He must derive much satisfaction in knowing that he is absolutely alone in his opinion of this lamentable production.