Samuel Foote was a mimic and playwright whose caricatures of London life gained him a reputation as the English Aristophanes and the Hogarth of the stage. Sometimes writing two or three parts for hims...
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In the following essays, Fitzgerald conducts a close examination of the characters in Foote's major works and discusses Foote's ironic tone.
Foote's Comedies
Foote was a diligent ...
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In the essay which follows, Belden argues that, compared to the works of his contemporaries, many of Foote's works were a departure from the typical theatrical fare of the day.
In his own day F...
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In the essay below, Wharton investigates “the bizarre blend of satire and sentimentalism which abounds” in Foote's plays.
Samuel Foote, although little known today, was, during th...
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In the following essay, Trefman discusses Foote's most successful and productive period as a playwright and theater manager.
Foote's theatre was becoming a summer institution, and he was...
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In the following essay, Backscheider explores Foote's works as instruments of satire with which to expose corruption and hypocrisy in British society.
Samuel Foote's plays prove that the...
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In the essay which follows, Taylor documents the “gradual evolution” of Foote's works in response to popular tastes, and he weighs their comic and dramatic elements.
It was long a...
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In the essay below, Lamb discusses the works of Foote as they relate to Britain's emergence as a world power.
For some time now it has been generally recognized that the relative neglect and co...
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In the essay which follows, Kinservik examines the controversy surrounding a work by Foote in which he allegedly satirized particular religious figures. Kinservik also argues that Foote accepted the c...
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Samuel Foote
