# Mr. Smolendo — The Cloven Foot character guide

> Mr. Smolendo in The Cloven Foot by M. E. Braddon.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Smolendo, Poor Mr. Smolendo

**First appearance:** 0016-xvii-murder

## Who they are

A hapless individual who meets a bad end.

## In the story

### [La Chicot Has Her Own Way](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cloven_foot_se/chapters/vi-la-chicot-has-her-own-way)

Smolendo, the manager, dismisses Jack's concerns about the drunk scene shifter working the machinery for La Chicot's ascent.

### [Days That Are Over, Dreams That Are Done](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cloven_foot_se/chapters/viii-days-that-are-over-dreams-that-are-done)

The theatre manager who arranges for Sir John Pelham to set La Chicot's leg.

### [XIV: “You Have but to Say the Word”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cloven_foot_se/chapters/xiv-you-have-but-to-say-the-word)

Theatrical manager who tolerates La Chicot's drinking as long as she draws audiences.

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