Samuel Foote was a Cornish dramatist, actor and theatre manager. He was known for his comedic acting and writing, and for turning the loss of a leg in a riding accident in 1766 to comedic opportunity.
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Charles Macklin as Shylock by Johann Zoffany![Scene from Taste in a painting by Robert Smirke. Lady Pentweazel, played by Foote, wore a large headdress, satirizing the elaborate headdresses of the day, with feathers that fell out throughout the play.[19]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Scene_from_Samuel_Foote%27s_Taste.jpg/1280px-Scene_from_Samuel_Foote%27s_Taste.jpg)
Scene from Taste in a painting by Robert Smirke. Lady Pentweazel, played by Foote, wore a large headdress, satirizing the elaborate headdresses of the day, with feathers that fell out throughout the play.[19]
'Jerry Sneak' in The Mayor of Garratt. Painting by Samuel De Wilde in the Yale Center for British ArtWriters born in the 1720s 6
About this person
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1720 to 1777 · aged 57
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