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01 May 1762

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Theatre: Haymarket Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1761-1762
Volume: 4
Comments: MMr Foote's Oratorical Lectures will be continued in the New Theatre in the Haymarket 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 (Public Advertiser). [These lectures were given 36 times and referred thereafter this season as The Orators.

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    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p?hay The Orators. [Oratorical Lectures% Parts-Foote, Weston, MacGeorge, Quin, Bannister, Williams, Young, Booth, Palmer, Kickill, Somers, Pearce (Edition of 1762). *c?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>.]

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    *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>.]

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    Event: 31228 | 17620501 | 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>.
    Performance: 63405 | 31228 | p | The Orators | Oratorical Lectures Parts-Foote, Weston, MacGeorge, Quin, Bannister, Williams, Young, Booth, Palmer, Kickill, Somers, Pearce (Edition of 1762).
    Cast:
    105117 | 63405 | Oratorical Lectures Parts | Foote, Weston, MacGeorge, Quin, Bannister, Williams, Young, Booth, Palmer, Kickill, Somers, Pearce

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Title: The Orators
Comments:
Oratorical Lectures Parts-Foote, Weston, MacGeorge, Quin, Bannister, Williams, Young, Booth, Palmer, Kickill, Somers, Pearce (Edition of 1762).
Cast:

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Publish Date: 1762
Author: Samuel Foote
Baptism: 1721
Death: 1777

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