Hampstead theatre, LondonRussell Beale is as coyly flirtatious as ever in a merry, if overstuffed, tale of a trailblazing Georgian comedianIan Kelly's play, based on his biography of the same name, doesn't lack for ideas. It not only tells the bizarre story of the cross-dressing 18th-century comic actor, Samuel Foote, who lost a leg in a riding accident. It also deals with Georgian theatre, scientific advance, the cu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:58AM on September 22, 2015