Ian Kelly

Mr Foote's Other Leg (eBook, ePUB)

Comedy, Tragedy and Murder in Georgian London

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In 1776 Foote's was the most talked-of name in the English-speaking world. By 1777 it was almost unmentionable. Samuel Foote, friend of David Garrick and Dr Johnson, is the greatest lost figure of the eighteenth century; his story defies belief and has only been forgotten for reasons both laughable and shocking. Foote wrote the first true-crime bestseller, was the first celebrity impressionist and lost his leg after a bet with the Duke of York when a practical joke went disastrously wrong. Out of this was born the most singular career in stage history.

In this unique biography not only does award-winning historian Ian Kelly uncover the tragicomic tale of this Oscar Wilde of the eighteenth century, but he tells the story of the first media storm and the first victim of celebrity culture, and offers a joyous hop around the mad theatre of London life - high and low.

Ian Kelly's Mr Foote's Other Leg has also been adapted into a play by the author.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pan Macmillan
• Seitenzahl: 476
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781447204398
• Artikelnr.: 39924128

Autorenporträt

Ian Kelly has written prize-winning biographies of Casanova, Beau Brummell, Antonin Careme, and Vivienne Westwood, he combines this with acting, from playing the art-historian in Lee Hall's The Pitman Painters to Hermione's father in the final instalments of the Harry Potter films.