CRITICISM

Chatten, Elizabeth N. Samuel Foote. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1980, 161 p.

Extensive study of all of Foote's works, major and minor, including a survey of critical reception.

Conolly, L. W. “The ‘English Aristophanes’ and an Eighteenth Century Welshman: Samuel Foote's The Author.” The Anglo-Welsh Review 25, no. 56 (1976): 64-72.

Study of Foote's relationship to Mr. Apreece, whom he lampooned in his play The Author.

Hughes, Leo. “Theatre and the Art of Caricature.” In British Theatre and Other Arts, 1660-1800, pp. 230-32. Washington: Folger Books, 1984.

Brief study of some of Foote's characters and the targets who spawned them.

Murphy, Mary C. Introduction to Samuel Foote's Taste and The Orators: A Modern Edition with Five Essays, pp. i-lxii. Annapolis, Md.: United States Navy Press, 1982.

Examination of two of Foote's major works, with an investigation into his influences.

Scouten, Arthur A. “On the Origin of Foote's Matinees.” Theatre Notebook 7, no. 2 (1953): 28-31.

An account of Foote's methods of advertising his plays.

Additional coverage of Foote's life and career is contained in the following sources published by Thomson Gale: Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 89; Literature Resource Center; and Reference Guide to English Literature, Ed. 2.