The play is partly set at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, where Samuel Foote, its title character, is a lead player, played by . 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.

The play is based on Kelly's own award-winning biography of Foote, and Kelly is also in the cast playing Prince George.
Directed by and designed by , the cast also features Dervla Kirwan (Peg Woffington), Joseph Millson (David Garrick), Micah Balfour (Frank Barber), (Mrs. Garner), Forbes Masson (John Hunter), (Benjamin Franklin/ Charles Macklin), Sophie Bleasdale (Miss Chudleigh) and Joshua Elliott (Hallam).


It is produced by Michael Codron (who commissioned the play), Anthony Pye-Jeary and Greg Ripley-Duggan for Hampstead Theatre.
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