*p1762 05 01 hay The Orators. Oratorical Lectures Parts-Foote, Weston, MacGeorge, Quin, Bannister, Williams, Young, Booth, Palmer, Kickill, Somers, Pearce (Edition of 1762).*c1762 05 01 hay $MMr Foote='s <i>Oratorical Lectures</i> will be continued in the <i>New Theatre in the Haymarket</i> this day, between Twelve and One noon. [In six parts]: 1. Oratory in general, 2. Its utility demonstrated from its universality, 3. Distinct species of oratory, 4. The present practice peculiar to the English, 5. Necessity of an Academy, 6. The propriety of appointing the author perpetual professor. The whole to be illustrated in apt instances by a set of pupils long trained to the art, one of which is amazing proof of the force of Genius when properly cultivated (<i>Public Advertiser</i>). [These lectures were given 36 times and referred thereafter this season as <i>The Orators</i>.]