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kirby’s wonderful museum.
racter of Lothario, we have given his portrait, it being
the most conspicuous we could procure to exhibit his per-
son, and taken at a time when he endeavours to show his
rings and buckles to the greatest advantage, which he always
does, when he should only be occupied by the dying scene.
Mr. Coales has .lodged for some time at a Mrs. Lyall’s, in
Craven-street, Strand; he lives on the most economical
plan his servants are on board wages, and he keeps his
curricle and horses at Kendall’s, in Long Acre.
The Amateur of Fashion states, that he has received
above a thousand letters from the ladies; but he keeps
them unopened—query—if he can say they are all love-let-
ters ? but we are creditably informed that he has received
innumerable letters from indigent persons to perform for
them, and he has never failed of obtaining for them an
overflowing house; so far at least is his hobby a praise-
worthy one.
We have gleaned the following critique from the papers
of the day:
“ Richmond Theatre, Sept. 1811.—The people of Rich-
mond, and its vicinity for several miles round, including
many families of the highest rank and fashion, and great
numbers even from London, crowded to Richmond Theatre
on Wednesday night, the 4th of September, 1811, to see
that celebrated Amateur, Mr. Coates, perform the part of
Romeo. While the audience impatiently awaited the rising
of the curtain, Mr. Coates’s performance was the subject of
general and audible conversation, from which it was easy to
anticipate that the pathetic tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
would, for this time, be one of the most laughable comedies
with which merry Old England was ever entertained. At
length the hero appeared; clad in a most splendid, and
really very beautiful, dress, consisting of yellow and silver
tissue, with a large sash of pink and silver, put on in the
manner of a Scotch plaid, and a Spanish hat, with a rich
plume of ostrich feathers; to these were added a profusion
kirby’s wonderful museum.
racter of Lothario, we have given his portrait, it being
the most conspicuous we could procure to exhibit his per-
son, and taken at a time when he endeavours to show his
rings and buckles to the greatest advantage, which he always
does, when he should only be occupied by the dying scene.
Mr. Coales has .lodged for some time at a Mrs. Lyall’s, in
Craven-street, Strand; he lives on the most economical
plan his servants are on board wages, and he keeps his
curricle and horses at Kendall’s, in Long Acre.
The Amateur of Fashion states, that he has received
above a thousand letters from the ladies; but he keeps
them unopened—query—if he can say they are all love-let-
ters ? but we are creditably informed that he has received
innumerable letters from indigent persons to perform for
them, and he has never failed of obtaining for them an
overflowing house; so far at least is his hobby a praise-
worthy one.
We have gleaned the following critique from the papers
of the day:
“ Richmond Theatre, Sept. 1811.—The people of Rich-
mond, and its vicinity for several miles round, including
many families of the highest rank and fashion, and great
numbers even from London, crowded to Richmond Theatre
on Wednesday night, the 4th of September, 1811, to see
that celebrated Amateur, Mr. Coates, perform the part of
Romeo. While the audience impatiently awaited the rising
of the curtain, Mr. Coates’s performance was the subject of
general and audible conversation, from which it was easy to
anticipate that the pathetic tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
would, for this time, be one of the most laughable comedies
with which merry Old England was ever entertained. At
length the hero appeared; clad in a most splendid, and
really very beautiful, dress, consisting of yellow and silver
tissue, with a large sash of pink and silver, put on in the
manner of a Scotch plaid, and a Spanish hat, with a rich
plume of ostrich feathers; to these were added a profusion