He made his first London appearance around 1759, and from 1763 until his death,[2] he was considered to be the most amusing comedian on the English stage.
[3] Weston was considered as “Foote’s most faithful trouper and a gifted comedian.
[2] Samuel Foote wrote for him the part of Jerry Sneak in The Mayor of Garratt.
Abel Drugger in the Alchemist was one of his famous performances; and Garrick, who also played this part, praised him highly for it.
[3] Georg Christoph Lichtenberg describes the craft and expertise skills of Weston’s playing of comic ‘business’ as scrub.