Talk:Samuel Foote
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[edit] Vanbrugh's theatre
The pic on this page was of the Queen's/King's Theatre - on the West of the Haymarket, on the site of the present Her Majesty's Theatre. Foote's theatre, the present Haymarket Theatre (Theatre Royal), is opposite, on the East side. Tim Riley 15:44, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
- Damn, now I must go find a pic of it...*sigh*. Thanks for the info! *Exeunt* Ganymead | Dialogue? 03:53, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
Foote was born in 1721 by modern reckoning. The confusion arises because the start of the new year moved from 25 March to 1 January in, I think, the 1750s.
Foote’s Haymarket was not quite on the site of the present Haymarket but about a block away. The fact that it is called the Theatre Royal is, of course, entirely Foote’s achievement.
Foote conveyed the lease of his theatre to George Colman on 16 January 1777 (though they had come to an agreement the previous year) not “the following year”. You omit most of Foote’s later career. You might wish to consider including at least his downfall from 1775: the enmity of the bigamous Duchess of Kingston; malicious indictment for raping his footman; and emphatic acquittal. Most commentators thought the experience broke him and hastened his death. The best sources for this paragraph are the article on Foote in Highfill et al, Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses etc., (Univ Southern Illinois, 1978) and Trefman, Sam. Foote, Comedian (New York Univ, 1971)
(Apologies if I should edit this directly: haven’t got the hang of it yet) Njbromley 12:08, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
