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Mr Foote's Other Leg

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Don't miss the riotously funny and critically-acclaimed Mr Foote's Other Leg as it heads to the West End for a strictly limited season, straight from a sold-out run at Hampstead Theatre. An outrageous tale of comedy, tragedy and fame, this "rollicking" (Sunday Times) and "rumbustious" (Observer) production plays at the Theatre Royal Haymarket for 12 weeks only from 28th October.

In Georgian London no one is more famous than Samuel Foote. Satirist, impressionist and dangerous comedian, he has become a celebrity in a city and at a moment in time when the concept of selling personality was born. He even has the ear of the king.

Adored by many, despised by some, Foote finds himself at the sharp end of attacks from the press…and a surgeon’s knife. And in an age obsessed with fame, his colleagues from the worlds of science and the stage – from Benjamin Franklin to David Garrick – begin to wonder: does fame make you mad?

Directed by Richard Eyre, following his hugely acclaimed productions of Ghosts (Almeida/West End), The Pajama Game (Chichester/West End) and Guys and Dolls (National Theatre), and starring the BAFTA and Olivier Award-winning Simon Russell Beale "at his supreme best" (Guardian), Ian Kelly’s hilarious new play (based on his award-winning biography of Foote) explores our obsession with celebrities, and their rise and fall, through the true story of the ‘Oscar Wilde’ of the 18th century.

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Don't miss the riotously funny and critically-acclaimed Mr Foote's Other Leg as it heads to the West End for a strictly limited season, straight from a sold-out run at Hampstead Theatre. An outrageous tale of comedy, tragedy and fame, this "rollicking" (Sunday Times) and "rumbustious" (Observer) production plays at the Theatre Royal Haymarket for 12 weeks only from 28th October.

In Georgian London no one is more famous than Samuel Foote. Satirist, impressionist and dangerous comedian, he has become a celebrity in a city and at a moment in time when the concept of selling personality was born. He even has the ear of the king.

Adored by many, despised by some, Foote finds himself at the sharp end of attacks from the press…and a surgeon’s knife. And in an age obsessed with fame, his colleagues from the worlds of science and the stage – from Benjamin Franklin to David Garrick – begin to wonder: does fame make you mad?

Directed by Richard Eyre, following his hugely acclaimed productions of Ghosts (Almeida/West End), The Pajama Game (Chichester/West End) and Guys and Dolls (National Theatre), and starring the BAFTA and Olivier Award-winning Simon Russell Beale "at his supreme best" (Guardian), Ian Kelly’s hilarious new play (based on his award-winning biography of Foote) explores our obsession with celebrities, and their rise and fall, through the true story of the ‘Oscar Wilde’ of the 18th century.

Description

Don't miss the riotously funny and critically-acclaimed Mr Foote's Other Leg as it heads to the West End for a strictly limited season, straight from a sold-out run at Hampstead Theatre. An outrageous tale of comedy, tragedy and fame, this "rollicking" (Sunday Times) and "rumbustious" (Observer) production plays at the Theatre Royal Haymarket for 12 weeks only from 28th October.

In Georgian London no one is more famous than Samuel Foote. Satirist, impressionist and dangerous comedian, he has become a celebrity in a city and at a moment in time when the concept of selling personality was born. He even has the ear of the king.

Adored by many, despised by some, Foote finds himself at the sharp end of attacks from the press…and a surgeon’s knife. And in an age obsessed with fame, his colleagues from the worlds of science and the stage – from Benjamin Franklin to David Garrick – begin to wonder: does fame make you mad?

Directed by Richard Eyre, following his hugely acclaimed productions of Ghosts (Almeida/West End), The Pajama Game (Chichester/West End) and Guys and Dolls (National Theatre), and starring the BAFTA and Olivier Award-winning Simon Russell Beale "at his supreme best" (Guardian), Ian Kelly’s hilarious new play (based on his award-winning biography of Foote) explores our obsession with celebrities, and their rise and fall, through the true story of the ‘Oscar Wilde’ of the 18th century.

Cast and creatives

CAST

Samuel Foote - Simon Russell Beale

Peg Woofington - Dervla Kirwan

Prince Geroge - Ian Kelly

Frank Barbour - Michah Balfour

Miss Chudleigh - Sophie Bleasedale

Hallam - Joshua Elliott

Mrs Garner - Jenny Galloway

Forbes Mason - John Hunter

David Garrick - Joseph Millson

Benjamin Franklin/Charles Macklin - Colin Stinton

CREATIVE

Written by Ian Kelly

Directed by Richard Eyre

Design by Tim Hatley

Lighting by Peter Mumford

Sound by John leonard

Composer Richard Hartley

Cast and creatives

CAST

Samuel Foote - Simon Russell Beale

Peg Woofington - Dervla Kirwan

Prince Geroge - Ian Kelly

Frank Barbour - Michah Balfour

Miss Chudleigh - Sophie Bleasedale

Hallam - Joshua Elliott

Mrs Garner - Jenny Galloway

Forbes Mason - John Hunter

David Garrick - Joseph Millson

Benjamin Franklin/Charles Macklin - Colin Stinton

CREATIVE

Written by Ian Kelly

Directed by Richard Eyre

Design by Tim Hatley

Lighting by Peter Mumford

Sound by John leonard

Composer Richard Hartley

Cast and creatives

CAST

Samuel Foote - Simon Russell Beale

Peg Woofington - Dervla Kirwan

Prince Geroge - Ian Kelly

Frank Barbour - Michah Balfour

Miss Chudleigh - Sophie Bleasedale

Hallam - Joshua Elliott

Mrs Garner - Jenny Galloway

Forbes Mason - John Hunter

David Garrick - Joseph Millson

Benjamin Franklin/Charles Macklin - Colin Stinton

CREATIVE

Written by Ian Kelly

Directed by Richard Eyre

Design by Tim Hatley

Lighting by Peter Mumford

Sound by John leonard

Composer Richard Hartley

Opening times

Monday to Saturday at 7.30pm Wednesday and Saturday at 2.30pm

Opening times

Monday to Saturday at 7.30pm Wednesday and Saturday at 2.30pm

Opening times

Monday to Saturday at 7.30pm Wednesday and Saturday at 2.30pm

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