qtd. in
Highfill, Philip H. et al. A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1973–1993.
5: 464
Samuel Foote
Standard Name: Foote, Samuel
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Employer | Sarah Gardner | SG
apparently had some success acting during summer seasons (15 May to 15 September) with Samuel Foote
at the Haymarket Theatre
. Gardner, Sarah. Colyton MS. |
| Friends, Associates | Elizabeth Griffith | According to Frances Brooke
(in an anecdote hinting at self-importance in EG
) she chose this spot with a view to becoming better acquainted with the comedian Samuel Foote
—who, however, snubbed her in the... |
| Friends, Associates | Jean Marishall | While in LondonJM
was in touch with a long list of patrons or prospective patrons, including those eminent in both the social and literary worlds. The socially prominent included (as well as a colonel... |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Maria Edgeworth | The Double Disguise, set in an inn in England (the Pig and Castle, on the road from Ireland via Liverpool to London), features a travelling Irish family. The father (Richard Lovell Edgeworth
's... |
| Literary responses | Sarah Gardner | When Counsellor S— first read the play in manuscript (and pronounced that envy and a desire to keep performers in their place would ensure that Colman would never put it on) he judged that SG |
| Literary responses | Catharine Macaulay | Her biographer Bridget Hill
identifies CM
's fame as having lasted fifteen years: from the publication of her first volume to the date of her second marriage (1763-78). But in fact she continued to command... |
| Publishing | Mary Latter | |
| Publishing | Jean Marishall | Marishall then turned to Edinburgh's Canongate Theatre
, only to have Foote
(who had become manager there in November 1770) waste a whole season promising to put it on soon. In the end, after... |
| Reception | Sarah Gardner | A considerable debate developed about the play's alleged plagiarism from various sources: Macklin
's Love-a-la-Mode, Foote
's The Author, and Colman's own The Deuce is in Him. Grundy, Isobel. “Sarah Gardner: "Such Trumpery" or ‘A Lustre to Her Sex’?”. Tulsa Studies in Women’s Literature, Vol. 7 , 1988, pp. 7-25. 17 |
Timeline
18 November 1659: Molière's comedy Les Précieuses ridicules,...
Writing climate item
18 November 1659
Molière
's comedy Les Précieuses ridicules, a satire on learned women, was first staged in Paris. It was published in 1660.
British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo.
Kuizenga, Donna. “Madame de Villeneuve”. Seventeenth-Century French Writers, edited by Françoise Jaouen, Gale, 2003.
1766: At the previously unlicensed Haymarket Theatre...
Building item
1766
At the previously unlicensed Haymarket TheatreSamuel Foote
was awarded a licence to put on plays during the summer, when the patent or fully-licensed theatres were closed.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
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