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Mayor of Truro. An Appeal case before the House of Lords, 1725, fol.

Mandamus to admit S. Ffoot into the office of Alderman of Truro. MSS. formerly at Stowe "Parliament Records," No. cvii. cf. O'Conor's Bibliotheca Stowensis, ii, 339.

FOOTE, SAMUEL (2nd son of the preceding). bapt. Truro, 27th Jan., 1720. d. Dover, 21st Oct., 1777. bur. Westminster Abbey, 30th Oct. cf. Chetwood's Gen. Hist. of the Stage (1749), pp. 152-56; The Actor, or a Treatise on the Art of Playing (Lond., 1750, 12o.), pp. 156, 166, 273; Thos. Davies' Life of John Henderson (1777), pp. 14-20, 30-32; H. Walpole's Journ. of George III, from 1771-83, i, 499; J. Ireland's Letters, etc., of John Henderson (1786), pp. 126-30, 188; Life and Mem. of Elizabeth Chudleigh (Duchess of Kingston), Lond., R. Randall, 1788, 4°., pp. 15-20; Tate Wilkinson's Mem. of his own Life (Dublin, 1791, 3 vols., 8°.), passim; Boswell's Johnson, passim; J. T. Kirkman's Mem. of C. Macklin, i, 292, 361-62, 406; T. Davies' Garrick, passim ; Wilson's Wonderful Characters, i, 248-69, 400 -406; J. Cradock's Lit. and Miscell. Mem., i, 30-35, 95; Life of Countess of Huntingdon, i, 208–9, ii, 425; W. T. Parke's Musical Mem., ii, 305-7; Diary of H. C. Robinson, i, 10, 345; Colman's Random Records, i, 113-14, 121, 229-35, 252-54, ii, 69-70; Gent. Mag., xxviii, 44 (1758), xxxii, 8 (1762), xxxiii, 45, xxxiv, 382, xxxv. 253, 297, xxxvi, 100, 339, xxxix, 567, xl, 98, xliii, 101 (1773), xlv, 390-92, xlvii, 44, 508, 534, 625 (1777), lxxxviii, pt. 2, 304 (1818); Annual Register| (Characters), 1777, pp. 27-31; European Mag., xxv, 14-16 (1794); N. & Q., 2 S., v, 22–24, 85-87, 216 (1858), xii, 122 (1861); Chambers' Journ., vii, 229-31 (1838); Chambers' Book of Days, ii, 476-79; Faulkner's Account of Fulham, pp. 331-35; Churchill's Rosciad (1761), pp. 2, 12, 13.

The genuine Memoirs of the Life of Sir John Dinely Goodere, Bart., who was murder'd by the contrivance of his own brother, on board the Ruby Man-of-War, in King-Road, near Bristol, Jan. 19, 1740, Together with the life, history, tryal, and last dying words of his brother, Capt. Samuel Goodere, who was executed at Bristol, on Wednesday, 15th April, 1741...Dedicated to the Rt. Worshipful Henry Combe, Mayor of Bristol. By S. Foote, of Worcester-College, Oxford, and nephew to the late Sir J. D. Goodere, Bart. Lond., printed and sold by T. Cooper, in Paternoster Row, n.d. [1741?], 8o., pp. 36, 6d.

NOTE." An account of the trial of S. Goodere,

Esq., and Matthew Mahony... for the murder of Sir

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J. D. Goodere," is printed in W. Cooke's Memoirs of Foote, iii, 209-20.

A full and true account of the horrid murders, etc., and of the trial and conviction of John Palmer, etc.......Likewise the memoir [by S. Foote] of the life and death of Sir J. Dineley Goodere, Bart., who was murdered by the contrivance of his own brother, Capt. S. Goodere, on board the Ruby Man-of-War, in King-Road, near Bristol, Jan. 19, 1740-41. Two parts. Worcester, printed and sold by J. Butler, in High Street, 1782, 4°., pp. 84 and 24, 2/6.

NOTE. Each part has a distinct title-page, pagination, and register. Memoir of Sir J. D. Goodere, pp. 1-24.

The Diversions of the Morning. An Entertainment. By S. Foote. 1747. Not printed.

NOTE. First produced at the Haymarket, 22nd April, 1747. This entertainment was stopped by the Westminster Magistrates on the second representation, under a law limiting the playbouses in London to two only. However, on the 24th April Foote issued an advertisement, inviting his friends "to come and drink a dish of Chocolate with him"; subsequently, namely on the 1st June, "Mr. Foote's friends are desired to drink a cup of tea with him." By this slight evasion of the law, "The Diversions of the Morning" was played for 35 nights. In March, 1748, the invitation was called Taking Chocolate in Ireland."

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An Auction of Pictures. An Entertainment. By S. Foote. 1748. Not printed.

NOTE. First produced at the Haymarket in the spring of 1748.

A Treatise on the Passions, so far as they regard the stage. With a critical enquiry into the theatrical merits of Mr. G[arric]k, Mr. Q[ui]n, and Mr. B[arr]y. The first considered in the part of Lear, the two last opposed in Othello. Anon. Lond., printed for C. Corbet, against St. Dunstan's-Church, Fleet Street, n.d. [1747], 8°., pp. 44, 1/-.

A Letter of Compliment to the ingenious author of A Treatise on the Passions [i.e., S. Foote]. Signed J. T. Lond., C. Corbertt, n.d. [1747], 8°., pp. 47.

The Roman and English Comedy consider'd and compar'd. With remarks on the "Suspicious Husband" [by Benjamin Hoadley], and an examen into the merits of the present comic actors. By S. Foote, Esq. Lond., printed for T. Waller, in Fleet-Street [March], 1747, 8°., pp. 45, 1/-.

The Knights; a comedy, in two acts [and in prose], as it is performed at... Drury Lane. By S. Foote. Lond., printed for P. Vaillant, opposite Southampton Street, in the Strand, 1754, 8°., pp. vi and 47, 1/-.-Glasgow, printed in the year 1758, 12o., pp. 35. Lond. Theatrical Magazine (1778), ii, pp. 10.—Supplement to

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John Bell's "British Theatre," i, 252-81.Modern British Drama (1811), v, 249–60.

NOTE.-First produced at the Haymarket, 1748. It contains references to Cornwall.

A new scene for the comedy called The Knights, or Fresh Tea for Mr. Foote. Lond., printed for J. Scott, in Fleet Street, 1758, 8°., pp. 16.

Mr. Foote's original address to the public. [In verse]. [Dublin (?), 1750 (?)], s. sh., fol. Br. Museum.

NOTE. A Poem of 46 lines, commencing "Hush! let me search before I speak aloud."

Taste; a comedy of two acts [and in prose], as it is acted at the Theatre-Royal, in Drury Lane. By Mr. Foote. Lond., printed for R. Francklin, in Russel-Street, Covent Garden, 1752, 8°., pp. ix and 28, 1/-.-2nd ed., Lond., printed for R. Francklin... 1753, 8., pp. xii and 34, 1-3rd ed., Lond., printed for T. Lowndes, in Fleet Street...1765, 8°., pp. xii and 34, 1/-. -Lond., Theatrical Magazine (1777), ii, pp. 6.Lond., 1779, 8°.-Supplement to John Bell's "British Theatre," 163-83.-Lond., printed for W. Lowndes...1799, 8°., pp. xi and 28, 1/-.

NOTE. First produced by D. Garrick, at Drury Lane, 11th Jan, 1752, and acted 5 times. It mainly consists of selections from the characters in "The Diversions," 1747, and "An Auction," with a thread of story sufficient to connect them for dramatic purposes.

The Englishman in Paris. A comedy in 2 acts [and in prose] as it is performed at Covent Garden. By S. Foote. Lond., printed for Paul Vaillant, 1753, 8°., pp. 51, with Epilogue unpaged,1/-.-Lond., Theatrical Magazine 1778), ii, pp. 10.-Supp. to J. Bell's "British Theatre,' iii, 80-103.

NOTE.-First produced at Covent Garden, 24th March, 1753, under the title of An Answer to a French Farce, called "The Frenchman in London."

The Inquisition. A diversion. By S. Foote. 1754. Not printed.

NOTE.-Played for a few nights at the Haymarket,

in 1754.

The Actor; or a Treatise on the art of Playing. A new work, written by the author of the former [Sir J. Hill, M.D.], and adapted to the present state of the Theatres, containing impartial observations on the performance, etc., of Mr. Garrick....Mr. Foote, etc. Lond., printed for R. Griffiths, at the Dunciad, in Pater-noster Row, 1755, 12o., pp. 284.

NOTE.-Account of S. Foote, pp. 156, 166, 273. The Englishman returned from Paris, being the sequel to The Englishman in Paris. A farce in 2 acts [and in prose], as it is performed at the

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Theatre Royal in Covent Garden. By S. Foote. Lond., printed for P. Vaillant, 1756, 8°., pp. 56, 1/-.-2nd ed., Lond., 1766, 8°.-Lond., Theatrical Magazine (1780), iv, pp. 10. Supp. to J. Bell's "British Theatre," iii, 104-37.-New ed., Lond., printed for W. Lowndes, 77, Fleet Street, 1788, 8°., pp. vi and 47, 1/-.-Modern British Drama (1811), v, 261–73.

1756.

NOTE.-First produced at Covent Garden, 3rd Feb.,

The Green Room Squabble; or a Battle Royal between the Queen of Babylon [Mrs. Woffington] and the Daughter of Darius [Mrs. Bellamy]. A Farce. By S. Foote. 1756. Not printed."

The Dramatic Works of S. Foote, Esq. Lond., printed for P. Vaillant, J. Rivington, etc., n.d. [1757-87], 4 vols., 8o.

NOTE. This is a collection made up of pieces of different dates and editions.

The Author. A comedy of two acts [in prose], as performed at the Theatre Royal, in Drury Lane. By S. Foote. Lond., printed for R. Francklin, in Russel Street, Covent Garden, 1757, 8°., pp. 43, 1/--Lond., Theatrical Magazine (1778 ?), ii, pp. 10.-New ed., Lond., printed for T. Lowndes, 77, Fleet Street...1782, 8°., pp. 48, Prologue and Epilogue unpaged, 1/-. -Supp. to J. Bell's "British Theatre," iii, 21446.-Modern British Drama (1811), v, 274-85., -Mrs. Inchbald's "Collection of Farces," (1815), vii, 197-231.

NOTE. First produced by D. Garrick, at Drury Lane, 5th Feb., 1757. After being played one season, its reproduction was prohibited by the Lord Chamberlain, at the instance of Mr. Aprice, who had been satirized in the character of Cadwallader.

The Diversions of the Morning, altered. A farce in two acts. By S. Foote, 1758. Not printed.

NOTE.-Produced at Drury Lane, 17th Oct., 1758. Act i is nearly the same as the first of Taste. Act ii is printed in J. Bee's Works of S. Foote, i, pp. lvii-lxv. Will. Cooke's Memoirs of Foote, iii, 113-29. For the original play see ante under 1747. When this piece was reproduced at the Haymarket in 1762, a new second act was substituted, called " Lindamira, a Tragedy à la Mode, a burlesque tragic bagatelle, altered by S. Foote, from Will Whitehead's Fatal Constancy." It is printed in T. Meadow's Thespian Gleanings (Ulverston, 1805, 80). Tate Wilkinson's Wandering Patentee (1795), i, 285, iv, 237.

The Minor. A comedy [in 3 acts and in prose] written by Mr. Foote. As it is now acting in the new Theatre in the Haymarket. By authority from the Lord Chamberlain. Lond., printed and sold by J. Coote...1760, 8°., pp. iv and 91, 1/6.-2nd ed., 1760, 8°., pp. iv and 91, 1/6.-3rd ed., 1760, 8°., pp. iv and 91, 1/6. The Minor. A comedy...as it is acted at the

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Theatre Royal, in Drury Lane.-6th ed., Lond., printed and sold by J. Coote, 1764, 8°., pp. iv and 74, 1/6.-7th ed., Lond., printed for J. Coote, 1767, 8°., pp. vi and 80, 1/6.-The New English Theatre, 1776, 8°.-Lond., Theatrical Magazine (1778), ii, pp. 14.

The Minor... Printed under the Inspection of James Wrighten, Prompter. Exactly agreeable to the representation at...Drury Lane. Lond., W. Lowndes, 1788, 8°., pp. 14.-Lond., printed for the Proprietors, under the direction of John Bell, British Library, Strand...1792, 12°., pp. 73.-J. Bell's "British Theatre," (1797), ii, pp. 61. Modern British Drama (1811), v, 286-301. -Mrs. Inchbald's Collection of Farces (1815), v, 181-234.

NOTE.-First produced, as a 2 act play, at the Crow Street Theatre, Dublin, 28th Jan., 1760. Reproduced, with alterations, at the Haymarket, 1760. In this play the Rev. Geo. Whitfield was satirized under the name of " Squintum."

A Letter to David Garrick, Esq., occasioned by the intended representation of the Minor at... Drury Lane [signed Anti Profanus], Lond., sold by Mr. Field, Pater-noster Row... 1760, 8°., pp. 48.

NOTE. Supposed to have been written by the Rev. Martin Madan.

An additional scene to the comedy of the Minor [being a satire on S. Foote]. Anon. Lond., printed for J. Williams, Bookseller, on Ludgate Hill, 1761, 8°., pp. 19.

The Methodist; a comedy [in three acts, in prose, by Israel Pottinger], being a continuation. and completion of the plan of the Minor, written by Mr. Foote, as it was intended to have been acted at...Covent Garden, but for obvious reasons suppressed. With the original prologue and epilogue. Lond., printed for I. Pottinger in Ave Maria Lane, n.d. [1761], 8°., pp. 60, Prologue, Epilogue, and Songs, unpaged, 1/6.3rd ed., Lond., n.d. [1761], 8°., pp. 60, 1/6.

Christian and Critical Remarks on a droll or interlude, called The Minor. Now acting by a company of stage players in the Haymarket, and said to be acted by authority, in which the blasphemy, falsehood, and scurrility of the piece are properly considered, answered, and exposed. By a Minister of the Church of Christ. The 2nd ed. corrected. Lond., printed for and sold by Mr. Keith, in Grace Church Street, 1760, 8°., pp. 41, 1/-.

A Letter from Mr. Foote to the Reverend Author of the "Remarks Critical, and Christian, on the Minor," Lond., printed for T. Davies, in Russel Street, Covent Garden, [Oct.,] 1760, 8°., pp. 40, 1/-.

NOTE. Reprinted in J. Bee's Works of S. Foote, i, pp. xciii-cxiv. W. Cooke's Memoirs of S. Foote, iii, 160 -201.

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A Letter to Mr. F. . te, occasioned by the Christian and Critical Remarks on his Interlude called The Minor. To which is added an Appendix relative to a serious address to the Methodist themselves. Anon. Lond., printed for T. Pote, Bookseller, next Serjeant's Inn Gate, Fleet Street, [Oct.], 1760, pp. 28, 6d.

A Letter to Mr. Foote, occasioned by his letter to the Reverend Author of the Christian and Critical Remarks on the Minor, containing a Refutation of Mr. Foote's Pamphlet, and a full defence of the principles and practices of the Methodists. By the Author of the Christian and Critical Remarks. Lond., printed for P. Wicks, in Paternoster Row, [Oct.], 1760, 8°., pp. 28, 1/-.

Observations good or bad, stupid or clever, serious or jocular, on Squire Foote's dramatic entertainment, intitled The Minor. By A. Genius. Lond., printed for J. Wilkie, at the Bible, in St. Paul's Churchyard, 1761, 8°., pp. 15, 3d.

Belinda's Account of a comedy, called the Minor, introduced upon the stage at Edinburgh, Saturday, Nov. 24th, 1770, n.p. or d., 8°., pp. 4. Br. Museum.

The Theatre, licentious and perverted; or a Sermon for reformation of manners. Preached on the Lord's Day, Dec. 2nd, 1770, partly occasioned by the acting of a comedy, entitled The Minor, in the licensed theatre of Edinburgh, on Saturday, the 24th of Nov. preceding. By James Baine, A.M., Minister of the Gospel, at Edinburgh. Inscribed to S. Foote, Esq., 2nd ed., Edinburgh, printed by J. Reid...1770, 8°., PP. 40, 4d. 3rd ed. 1771, 8°., pp. 40, 4d.

Apology for the Minor in a Letter to the Rev. Mr. [James] Baine. To which is added the original epilogue. By Samuel Foote, Esq. Edinburgh, printed for J. Wood, and sold by him, at his shop, below the Tron Church, 1771, 8°., pp. 24.

The Dramatic Works of S. Foote, Esq. Lond., printed for P. Vaillant, T. Lowndes, etc., n.d. [1763–81], 4 vols., 8o., 30/-.

NOTE. This is a collection made up of pieces of different dates and editions.

The Liar. A comedy in three acts [and in prose], as it is performed at the Theatre in the Haymarket. By S. Foote. Lond., printed for G. Kearsley, 1764, 8°., pp. 66, Prologue and Epilogue unpaged, 1/6.-Lond., printed for P. Vaillant...1769, 8°., pp. 69, Prologue and Epilogue unpaged, 1/6. Lond., Theatrical Magazine (1780), iv, pp. 18.-Supp. to J. Bell's "British Theatre" (1784), ii, 142-95. Modern British Drama (1811), v, 302-22. Mrs. Inch

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bald's Collection of Farces (1815), v, 273–331. -W. H. Oxberry's The New English Drama (1823), xv. pp. 48.-The London Stage (1824), ii, 1-16.-The British Drama (1824), i, 756-68.

The Liar...correctly given as performed at the Theatres Royal, with Remarks. New York, published by Chas. Wiley, 3, Wall Street, 1824, 12o, pp. 51.

Altered Lond.,

The Liar. A comedy in two acts. and adapted by Charles J. Matthews. T. H. Lacy, n.d. [1867], 8o., pp. 50, 6d. NOTE. First produced at Covent Garden, 12tb Jan., 1762.

The Orators [a comedy in 3 acts and in prose], as it is now performing at the New Theatre in the Haymarket, written by Mr. Foote. Lond., printed for J. Coote, in Paternoster Row...1762, 8°., pp. 67.-Lond., 1767,8°.-Lond., Theatrical Magazine (1777), ii, pp. 13.-Supp. to J. Bell's "British Theatre," iv, 231-52.-Modern British Drama (1811), v, 323–31.

NOTE. First produced at the Haymarket, 1762. Geo. Faulkner, printer of the Dublin Journal, being libelled in this piece under the name of Peter Paragraph, brought an action against Foote, and recovered damages. cf. Gent. Mag., xxxiii, 39, (1763), for Mr. Foote's Address to the Public, after a prosecution against him for a libel. cf. also Lord Chesterfield's Letters (Mahon's ed.), iv, 346, 359, 422.

The trial of S. Foote, Esq., for a libel on Peter Paragraph. By S. Foote. A diversion performed at the Theatre Royal, in the Haymarket, 1763. Printed in J. Bee's Works of S. Foote, i, pp. cxvi-cxxii; W. Cooke's Memoirs of Foote, iii, 130-41; Wilkinson's Wandering Patentee, iv.

The Comic Theatre, being a free translation of all the best French Comedies. By S. Foote and others. Lond., printed by Dryden Leach, for J. Coote, in Paternoster Row...1762, 5 vols., 12o., each 3/-.

NOTE. Mr. Foote's name was put to this work, and it was announced that one Comedy in each volume would be translated by him; but "The Young Hypocrite" is said to be the only play in the collection that can with certainty be ascribed to him.

The Mayor of Garret. A comedy in 2 acts, as it is performed at the Theatre Royal, in Drury Lane. By S. Foote. Lond., printed for P. Vaillant, facing Southampton-Street, in the Strand, 1764, 8°., pp. 48, 1/-.-2nd ed., Lond., printed for P. Vaillant, 1769, 8°., pp. 48, 1/-.

The Mayor of Garratt...Lond., printed for Harrison and Co., No. 18, Paternoster Row... 1780, 8°., (Theatrical Magazine), v, pp. 11.

The Mayor of Garratt...A New Edition. Lond., printed for T. and W. Lowndes, No. 77, Fleet Street, 1783, 8°., pp. 48, 1/--Supp. to

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J. Bell's "British Theatre" (1784), ii, 1–29.— Lond., printed for W. Lowndes, 76, Fleet Street, 1797, 8°., pp. 48, 1/-.-The Modern British Drama (1811), v, 332-43.-Mrs. Inchbald's Collection of Farces (1815), v, 237-70.-T. Dibden's London Theatre (1815), xvii, pp. 28. -W. H. Oxberry's The New English Drama (1818), ix, pp. vi and 23.

The Mayor of Garret...correctly given as performed at the Theatres Royal, with Remarks. New York, published by Chas. Wiley, 3, Wall Street. 1824, 12o., pp. 32.

The Mayor of Garret...The British Drama (1824), i, 188-95.

The Mayor of Garratt. A farce in two acts. Printed from the acting copy, with remarks biographical and critical. By DBy DG [Geo. Daniel]. Lond., G. H. Davidson, Peter's Hill, Doctors' Commons. (J. Cumberland's "British Theatre" 1829), viii, pp. 27.

The Mayor of Garratt, a comedy in two acts. By S. Foote. Lond., printed by Thomas White, 1831, 8°., pp. 45.-J. Thomas' Burlesque Drama (1838), pp. 54.-The British Drama, illustrated (1864), i, 147-53.

The Mayor of Garrett. A farce. With a history of the mock election formerly held there. Illustrated, with designs, by R. Seymour... Lond., T. H. Lacy n.d. [18-], 8°., pp. 42, 6d.

NOTE. First produced at the Haymarket, 20th June, 1763.

The Patron. A comedy in three acts [and in prose], as it is performed in the Haymarket. Lond., printed by G. Kearsly...opposite St. Martin's Church, in Ludgate Street, 1764, 8°., pp. viii and 74.-2nd ed., Lond., printed for G. Kearsly, 1764, 8°., pp. viii and 74.—3rd ed., Lond., printed for P. Vaillant...1774, 8°., pp. vi and 74, 1/6.-Lond. Theatrical Magazine (1780), iv, pp. 13.-Supp. to J. Bell's "British Theatre," iv, 358-91.-Modern British Drama (1811), v, 344-57.

NOTE. First produced at the Haymarket, 1764.

The Commissary. A comedy in 3 acts [and in prose], as it is performed at the... Haymarket. By S. Foote. Lond., printed for P. Vaillant, facing Southampton Street...1765, 8°., pp. 67, 1/6. 3rd ed., Lond., 1775, 8°. Lond., Theatrical Magazine (1779), iii, pp. 17.-Supp. to J. Bell's "British Theatre (1784), iv, 4996.-Modern British Drama (1811), v, 458–76.

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NOTE. First produced at the Haymarket, 1765. cf. J. Cradock's Memoirs (1828), iv, 119.

Copy of the original license under which S. Foote held the Haymarket Theatre. Dated, Westminster, 5th July, 6th Geo. III, [1766].

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Printed in W. Cooke's Memoirs of Foote, iii, 202-8.

An Occasional Prelude performed at the opening of the Theatre Royal, in the Haymarket, May, 1767. By S. Foote. Printed in W. Cooke's Memoirs of Foote, iii, 142-59; J. Bee's Works of Foote, i, pp. cxxv-cxxxiii.

The Devil upon Two Sticks. A comedy in 3 acts, as it is performed at the... Haymarket. Written by the late Samuel Foote, Esq., and now published by Mr. Colman. Lond., printed by T. Sherlock, for T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1778, 8°., pp. vi and 69, 1/6.-Lond., printed for W. Lowndes and S. Bladon, 1794, 8°., pp. 58, 1/6.-Modern British Drama (1811), v, 377 -93.

NOTE.-First produced at the Haymarket, 30th May, 1768. Foote made between £3,000 and £4,000 by this piece in London, and nearly as much more in Dublin.

Sodom and Onan. A satire inscribed to S. Foote, Esq., alias the Devil upon Two Sticks. By Humphrey Nettle. Printed for the author and sold at No. 23, opposite St. Dunstan's Church, Fleet, 22nd June, 1772, 4o., pp. ii and 29, 2/-.

The Lame Lover. A comedy in 3 acts [and in prose], as it is performed at the...Haymarket. By S. Foote. Lond., printed for Paul Vaillant ...1770, 8°., pp. 74.-A Collection of New Plays. (Altenburgh, printed for Gottl. Eman. Richter, (1774), ii, 185-254.-Modern British Drama. (1811), v, 394–410.-The British Drama (1824), ii, 1299-1313.

NOTE.-First produced at the Haymarket, 22nd May, 1770, reproduced with considerable alterations, 27th Aug. cf. Gent. Mag., x1, 378-82, (1770).

Foote's Prologue detected with a miniatureprose epilogue on his manner in speaking it. By Philo-technicus Miso-mimides. Lond., printed for the author, and sold by J. Williams, 38, Fleet Street, 1770, 8°., pp. 35.

An Appendix to Foote's Prologue detected, containing, with other curious articles, A New Occasional Epilogue, for the close of his theatre, on Saturday, Sept. 15th, 1770. By Philotechnicus Miso-mimides. Lond., printed for the author, and sold by J. Williams, 38, Fleet Street, 1770, 8°., pp. 39.

The Methodist and Mimic. A Tale in Hudibrastic Verse. Lond., 1776, 8°., 1/6.

NOTE. In this work Whitfield is represented as sending a friend to Foote to propose that he should become a preacher, which proposal Foote rejects with disdain.

The Maid of Bath. A comedy of 3 acts, as it was performed at the Theatre Royal, in the Haymarket. Lond., John Wheble, Fleet Street, 1778, 8°., pp. 69, 1/6.

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The Maid of Bath... Written by the late S. Foote, Esq., and now published by Mr. Colman. Lond., printed by T. Sherlock for T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1778, 8°., pp. viii and 67, and Epilogue unpaged, 1/6.-Modern British Drama (1811), v, 411-26.

NOTE. First produced at the Haymarket, 26th June, 1771.

The Nabob. A comedy in 3 acts [and in prose], as it is performed at the... Haymarket. Written by the late S. Foote, Esq., and now published by Mr. Colman. Lond., printed by T. Sherlock for T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1778, 8°., pp. vi and 71, 1/6.-Lond., printed for W. Lowndes and S. Bladon, 1795, 8°., pp. 59, 1/6.

NOTE. First produced at the Haymarket, 29th June, 1772. In this play The Antiquarian Society are satirized for sitting in Council on the story of Whittington and his Cat. cf. Walpole's Letters, (Cunningham's ed.), v, 398-400.

The Primitive Puppet Show. A Diversion. By S. Foote, 1773. Not printed.

NOTE. Under the above general title, Foote brought out at the Haymarket, on the 15th Feb., 1773, a farce called "The Handsome Housemaid, or Piety in Pattens," a piece in which the characters were represented by handsomely dressed puppets nearly as large as life. The Introductory Oration to The Primitive Puppet Show, as delivered by Mr. Foote, is printed in J. Bee's Works of S. Foote, i, pp. cxxxvii-cxli.

Piety in Pattens; written by S. Foote, Esq., and first performed in his Primitive Puppet Show. MS. 4°., formerly penes Rich. Heber. cf. Heber's Cat, pt. xi, (MSS.), No. 429.

NOTE.-At Heber's sale this MS. was sold to Thos. Rodd, a well known bookseller, for the sum of one shilling.

The Bankrupt. A comedy in 3 acts [and in prose]. Lond., printed for G. Kearsly, No. 46, near Serjeant's-Inn...1776, 8°., pp. 97, 1/6. -New ed., Lond., printed for W. Woodfall and S. Bladon, in Paternoster Row, 1782, 8°., pp. 63, 1/6.

NOTE. First produced at the Haymarket, 21st July, 1773.

The Cozeners. A comedy in 3 acts, as it was performed at the Theatre Royal, in the Haymarket [1774]. Lond., John Wheble, Fleet Street, 1778, 8°., pp. 79, 1/6.

The Cozeners...written by the late S. Foote, Esq., and now published by Mr. Colman. Lond., printed by T. Sherlock, for T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1778, 8°., pp. vi and 94, 1/6.

NOTE. First produced at the Haymarket, 3rd Aug., 1774, contains references to the History of Dr. William Dodd, who is represented under the title of Dr. Simony, and to the trial of Mrs. Catherine Rudd, and J. and D. Perreau, see Dagge Hen, ante p. 102.

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