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PEP.776.061
8 Oct 1776:5002 (2/268)
London, July 20. Mr. Foote, on Wednesday night, appeared in
the character of Lady Pentweazle, with a head dress in the
utmost extravagance of the fashion. The breadth of the
tete, which was a yard wide, was stuck full of ostrich
feathers, and even if the tout ensemble had not been of
itself a sufficient satire on the monstrously absurd mode of
decorating the head, now prevalent among the Ladies of Ton,
the modest and decent stile of the Queen's head dress would
have served to have rendered it so. Her Majesty laughed
exceedingly when Mr. Foote came on so ornamented, and as it
was designed to continue the roar of the house, the whole
fabric of feathers, wool, and hair, dropped off Mr. Foote's
head, and remained on the stage as he went off.
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