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Samuel Foote

(Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777)

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Samuel Foote (January 1720 – 21 October 1777) 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. (From Wikipedia)

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Oliver Cromwell, Daniel Defoe, Sir Richard Steele, Charles Churchill, Samuel Foote: Biographical Essays (third edition; London: John Murray, 1860), by John Forster (multiple formats at Google)

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Memoirs of Samuel Foote, esq. with a collection of his genuine bon-mots, anecdotes, opinions, &c. mostly original. And three of his dramatic pieces, not published in his works ... (R. Phillips, 1805), by William Cook (page images at HathiTrust)
The dramatic works of Samuel Foote. (Yale university press, 1929), by Mary Megie Belden (page images at HathiTrust)
Samuel Foote, a biography. (Chatto & Windus, 1910), by Percy Fitzgerald (page images at HathiTrust)
The works of Samuel Foote (Sherwood, Gilbert, & Piper, 1830), by Samuel Foote and John Badcock (page images at HathiTrust)
Oliver Cromwell; Daniel Defoe, Sir Richard Steele, Charles Churchill, Samuel Foote; biographical essays. (J. Murray, 1860), by John Forster (page images at HathiTrust)
The table-talk and bon-mots of Samuel Foote. (With an introductory memoir.) (H.A. Rogers, 1889), by William Cook (page images at HathiTrust)
Memoirs of Samuel Foote, esq. With a collection of his genuine bon-mots, anecdotes, opinions, &c. mostly original. And three of his dramatic pieces, not published in his works ... (Printed for Peter A. Mesier, no. 107, Pearl-street., 1806), by William Cook (page images at HathiTrust)
[Samuel Foote; a review of Thackeray's English humorists and two other books.] (J. Murray, 1854), by Index [pseud.] (page images at HathiTrust)

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Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777: Bon-mots of Samuel Foote and Theodore Hook (J. M. Dent and company, 1894), also by Aubrey Beardsley, Walter Jerrold, and Theodore Edward Hook (page images at HathiTrust)
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777: The Comic theatre. Being a free translation of all the best French comedies. (Printed by D. Leach, for J. Coote [etc.], 1762), also by Molière, Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux, and Néricault Destouches (page images at HathiTrust)
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777: The cozeners : a comedy in three acts ... (Printed by T. Sherlock for T. Cadell, 1778), also by David Garrick and George Colman (page images at HathiTrust)
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777: The cozeners. A comedy, of three acts. (J. Wheble, 1778), also by David Garrick (page images at HathiTrust)
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777: The devil upon two sticks; a comedy in three acts: (W. Lowndes, 1794), also by George Colman (page images at HathiTrust)
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777: The devil upon two sticks: a comedy, in three acts. As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in the Haymarket. Written by the late Samuel Foote, Esq. and now published by Mr. Colman. (London : printed by T. Sherlock, for T. Cadell, 1778) (HTML at ECCO TCP)
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777: The dramatic works. (Printed for P. Vaillant, 1700) (page images at HathiTrust)
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777: The dramatic works of Samuel Foote, esq. (Printed for J.F. and C. Rivington [etc., etc.], 1770) (page images at HathiTrust)
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777: The dramatic works of Samuel Foote, esq. (Printed for W. Lowndes, G. Kearsly, P. Vaillant, etc., 1760) (page images at HathiTrust)
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777: The dramatic works of Samuel Foote, esq. (Printed by C. Talbot, for S. Price [and 12 others], 1778) (page images at HathiTrust)
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777: The dramatic works of Samuel Foote, Esq. : In four volumes. (Printed for P. Vaillant, J. Rivington, T. Cadell, W. Nicoll, and S. Bladon., 1783), also by Book Traces Project (page images at HathiTrust)
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777: The dramatic works of Samuel Foote, Esq. : to which is prefixed a life of the author. (Printed for J. F. and C. Rivington, R. Baldwin, T. Cadell, W. Lowndes and S. Bladon, 1788) (page images at HathiTrust)
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777: Dramatic works of Samuel Foote, esq., to which is prefixed a life of the author. (A. Millar, 1897) (page images at HathiTrust)
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777: The dramatic works of Samuel Foote, Esq.; to which is prefixed a life of the author. (Printed for W. Lowndes, 1809) (page images at HathiTrust)
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777: The dramatic works of Samuel Foote, esq. ; to which is prefixed A life of the author in two volumes. (Printed for W. Lowndes, 1809) (page images at HathiTrust)
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777: The dramatic works of Samuel Foote : to which is prefixed a life of the author. (W. Lowndes and S. Bladon, 1782) (page images at HathiTrust)
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777: The dramatic works of Samuel Foote : to which is prefixed a life of the author. (Printed for A. Millar, 1797) (page images at HathiTrust)
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777: The dramatic works; to which is prefixed a life of the author. (B.Blom, 1968) (page images at HathiTrust)
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777: Dramatic works : to which is prefixed a life of the author. (J. F. and C. Rivington, 1788) (page images at HathiTrust)
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777: The dramatic works : to which is prefixed a life of the author. (A. Millar, 1797) (page images at HathiTrust)
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777: The Englishman returned from Paris. Being the sequel to the Englishman in Paris. A farce, in two acts. As performed at the Theatres Royal in Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden. (W. Lowndes, 1788) (page images at HathiTrust)
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777: Foote's dramatic works (Printed for W. Lowndes, 1809) (page images at HathiTrust)
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777: The Great Panjandrum Himself, illust. by Randolph Caldecott (Gutenberg ebook)
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777: The great Panjandrum himself ([London]: George Routledge & Sons, 1885), illust. by Randolph Caldecott (page images at Florida)
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777: The Lame Lover: A Comedy in Three Acts (Gutenberg ebook)
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777: The lame lover, a comedy in three acts. As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in the Hay-Market. (Printed for P. Vaillant, and sold by P. Elmsly, 1770) (page images at HathiTrust)
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777: The liar. A comedy in two acts. (R.M. De Witt, 1870), also by Charles James Mathews, Richard Steele, and Pierre Corneille (page images at HathiTrust)
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777: The liar. A comedy, in two acts, adapted from the French of "Le menteur" by Corneille. (Dramatic pub., 1874), also by Charles Mathews, Richard Steele, and Pierre Corneille (page images at HathiTrust)
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777: The liar : a comedy in two acts : adapted from the French of "Le Menteur" by Corneille (Dramatic Pub. Co., 1867), also by Charles Mathews and Pierre Corneille (page images at HathiTrust)
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777: The liar : a farce, in three acts (D. Longworth, at the Dramatic Repository, Shakspeare-Gallery, 1813) (page images at HathiTrust)
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777: The liar : a farce in two acts. (C. Wiley, etc., etc., 1824) (page images at HathiTrust)
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777: The lyar : a comedy in three acts, as it is performed at the theatre in the Hay-Market (G. Kearsly, 1764), also by Richard Steele and Pierre Corneille (page images at HathiTrust)
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777: The maid of Bath; a comedy, in three acts. As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in the Haymarket. (Printed by T. Sherlock, for T. Cadell, 1778), also by Richard Cumberland, David Garrick, and George Colman (page images at HathiTrust)
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777: The mayor of Garratt: a comedy, in two acts: (A. Miller, 1831) (page images at HathiTrust)
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777: The mayor of Garratt : a farce (Boston : Wells and Lilly, 1822., 1822), also by John G. Gilbert (page images at HathiTrust)
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777: The mayor of Garratt : a farce, in two acts. (C. Wiley, etc., etc., 1824) (page images at HathiTrust)
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777: The minor : a comedy (Printed for T. Davies, T. Lowndes, T. Caslon, T. Becket, W. Nicoll, and S. Bladon, 1777) (page images at HathiTrust)
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777: The minor : a comedy (J. Bell, 1792), also by John Bell (page images at HathiTrust)
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777: The minor : a comedy, as it is now acting at the new theatre in the Hay-Market (J. Coote, 1760) (page images at HathiTrust)
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777: The minor : A comedy, in two acts (Printed for W. Lowndes, S. Bladon, and W. Nicoll, 1788) (page images at HathiTrust)
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777: The nabob, a comedy, in three acts. As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in the Haymarket. (Printed by T. Sherlock, for T. Cadell, 1778), also by George Colman (page images at HathiTrust)
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777: Parson's minor theatre. (Printed by J. Jarvis, for J. Parsons, 1794), also by John Parsons, John Jarvis, Isaac Bickerstaff, John Burgoyne, John Hawkesworth, Henry Fielding, Henry Carey, George Colman, R. Hippesley, Arthur Murphy, and David Garrick (page images at HathiTrust)
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777: The Roman and English comedy consider'd and compar'd. : With remarks on The suspicious husband. And an examen into the merit of the present comic actors. (Printed for T. Waller ..., 1747) (page images at HathiTrust)
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777: The tabletalk and bon-mots. With an introductory memoir. (Myers & Rogers, 1902) (page images at HathiTrust)
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777: Tailors (J. Thomas, 1836), also by Robert Cruikshank (page images at HathiTrust)
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777: Taste: a comedy, in two acts. (Published by D. Longworth, at the Dramatic repository, Shakspeare-gallery., 1813) (page images at HathiTrust)
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777: Taste : a comedy of two acts, as it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane (R. Francklin, 1753), also by David Garrick (page images at HathiTrust)
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777: A trip to Calais; a comedy in three acts. (Printed by T. Sherlock, for T. Cadell, 1778) (page images at HathiTrust)
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777: The wandering patentee (Printed for the author, by Wilson, Spence, and Mawman, 1795), also by Tate Wilkinson and David Garrick (page images at HathiTrust)
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777: The wandering patentee; or, A history of the Yorkshire theatres from 1770 to the present time, interspersed with anecdotes respecting most of the performers in the three kingdoms from 1765 to 1795. To which are added, never published, The diversions of the morning, and Foote's trial for a libel on Peter Paragraph (Printed for the author, by Wilson, Spence, and Mawman, 1973), also by Tate Wilkinson (page images at HathiTrust)
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777: The works of Samuel Foote (Sherwood, Gilbert, & Piper, 1830), also by John Badcock (page images at HathiTrust)
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777: The works of Samuel Foote, esq. ... (G.Robinson & co.; [etc., etc.], 1799) (page images at HathiTrust)
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777: The works of Samuel Foote, Esq. : in three volumes. (Published by David Longworth, at the Dramatic Repository, Shakspeare-Gallery, 1814) (page images at HathiTrust)

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