Details

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 the 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?

Cast/Performers

Simon Russell Beale (Mr Samuel Foote), Dervla Kirwan (Peg Woffington), Joseph Millson (David Garrick), Micah Balfour (Frank Barber), Jenny Galloway (Mrs Garner), Ian Kelly (Prince George), Forbes Masson (John Hunter), Colin Stinton (Benjamin Franklin / Charles Macklin), Sophie Bleasdale (Miss Chudleigh), Joshua Elliott (Hallam)

Creatives/Company

Author: Ian Kelly
Producer(s): Michael Codron, Anthony Pye-Jeary, Greg Ripley-Duggan (for Hampstead Theatre)
Director: Richard Eyre
Design: Tim Hatley