Footlight Notes began in paper form in London in November 1994. Received moderately well, but by very few, it soon became just a modest collectors' item - in fact, there are just a few copies still available. This original edition looked like a newsletter and proudly announced itself as if it were to be followed by subsequent issues. The latter, of course, was the intention, but in the event so much happened in my life that Footlight Notes languished for a while in abeyance.

Footlight Notes has now been revived in Internet form. From the end of July 1997 I have published a changing gallery of photographs of personalities ranging from dancers and singers to classical actors and acrobats who were more or less familiar to audiences before the 1920s. Their names do not deserve to be forgotten! In publishing Footlight Notes I am giving myself the opportunity to share with you my interest in theatre research and theatrical history. Please join me in this journey of discovery; Footlight Notes is as much for your amusement as it is for mine