Foote's Other Leg, Starring Simon Russell Beale, Will Transfer to London's West End

Three-time Olivier winner Simon Russell Beale will lead Foote’s Other Leg when it transfers to the West End following its current run at the Hampstead Theatre. Directed by the legendary Richard Eyre and penned by Ian Kelly, the new comedy will begin previews on October 28 at the Theatre Royal Haymarket. Opening night is set for November 4.

Along with Beale as Samuel Foote, the cast includes Dervla Kirwan as Peg Woffington, Joseph Millson as David Garrick, Micah Balfour as Frank Barber, Jenny Galloway as Mrs Garner, Ian Kelly as Prince George, Forbes Masson as John Hunter, Colin Stinton as Benjamin Franklin / Charles Macklin, Sophie Bleasdale as Miss Chudleigh and Joshua Elliott as Hallam.

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. Adored by many, despised by some, Foote finds himself at the sharp end of attacks from the press...and a surgeon’s knife. And in an age obsessed with fame, his colleagues from the worlds of science and the stage—from Benjamin Franklin to David Garrick—begin to wonder: does fame make you mad?

The production will feature design by Tim Hatley,