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The elected leader of Cambridge University Footlights Dramatic Club, commonly referred to simply as Footlights, is known as the Footlights President. There is also a Vice President. Past presidents have included The Goodies members Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden, as well as Peter Cook, Hugh Laurie, Tony Slattery, and Monty Python member Eric Idle.

Footlights is an amateur theatrical club in Cambridge, England, run by the students of Cambridge University and now also the Anglia Ruskin University (formerly Anglia Polytechnic University). It was founded in 1883.

List Of Presidents

  • 1886 - F.W. Mortimer
  • 1887 - J.J. Withers
  • 1888 - W.S. Gilbert
  • 1890 - Oscar Browning
  • 1891 - C.M. Rae
  • 1892 - Oscar Browning
  • 1894 - Oscar Browning
  • 1895 - Oscar Browning
  • 1896 - H.C. Pollitt
  • 1897 - H.C. Pollitt
  • 1898 - M.V. Leveaux
  • 1899 - S.W. Burgess
  • 1900 - O.J. Goedecker
  • 1901 - R.J. White
  • 1902 - E.K. Fordham
  • 1904 - G.S. Heathcote
  • 1905 - G.S. Heathcote
  • 1906 - H. Rottenburg
  • 1907 - H. Rottenburg
  • 1908 - J.S. Murray
  • 1909 - L.B. Tillard
  • 1910 - A.R. Inglis
  • 1911 - A.R. Inglis
  • 1912 - P.D. Ravenscroft
  • 1913 - C.A.A. Douglas Hamilton
  • 1914 - M. Cutherston
  • 1919 - B.D. Nicholson
  • 1920 - B.D. Nicholson
  • 1921 - M.D. Lyon
  • 1922 - M.D. Lyon
  • 1923 - F.E. Powell
  • 1924 - J.A.C. Barradale
  • 1925 - H.J. Warrender
  • 1926 - J.D. Houison Craufurd
  • 1927 - H.C. Martineau
  • 1928 - H.E.R. Mitchell
  • 1929 - J. Fell Clark
  • 1930 - J.C. Byrom
  • 1931 - R.S. Hill
  • 1932 - P.E. Lyon
  • 1933 - J.A. Coates
  • 1934 - Lord Killanin
  • 1935 - Harry Lee