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10 Kirby’s wonderful museum.
out the third and fourth acts. At the close of the fourth,
the green curtain fell, and of such importance was Mr.
Coates to the audience, that as Lothario was dead, they
did not once call for the fifth act, but the hero was loudly
called on to die again.
“ The Altamont of the night was as ridiculous as Mr. Coates
himself; and the appearance and manner of Sciolto was so
ludicrous, that he was frequently accosted by the good-hu-
moured appellations of Punch, Jack of Clubs, and Gaffer
Thumb. Horatio was very ably sustained by Mr. Sydney,
W’ho, fixed as the audience were to jeer and quiz all who
were to perform, succeeded in rivetting their attention on
the business of the scene, where he was concerned, for some
time. The Calista of the evening was so much alarmed at the
apparent hostility of the audience, that she seemed scarcely
able to stand. Lavinia found an excellent representative in
the fascinating Miss Sydney.
“ No talents, no exertions of two or three individuals, could
possibly appease the storm which the absurdities of Messrs.
Coates and Williamstone were calculated to awake. Had
not his performance given strong indications of good sense,
we should have thought Mr. Sydney as mad as Mr. Coates,
for so letting himself down. The experience of that day.
will, I trust, be of service to him, and when Mr. Coates next
undertakes to murder Rowe or Shakspeare, I should hope £
the name of Sydney will not appear in the list of accom-
plices.”
The next time Mr. Coates became a candidate for
histrionic applause at the Haymarket Theatre, was on
January 11th, 1813, for the benefit of Mr. Sims; the
play was the Fair Penitent, and the grand attraction the
Lothario of Mr. R. Coates, whose Romeo, and red
curricle with brass harness, have rendered him very
justly notorious. The house was completely crammed
in a few minutes after the doors were opened, and the per-
out the third and fourth acts. At the close of the fourth,
the green curtain fell, and of such importance was Mr.
Coates to the audience, that as Lothario was dead, they
did not once call for the fifth act, but the hero was loudly
called on to die again.
“ The Altamont of the night was as ridiculous as Mr. Coates
himself; and the appearance and manner of Sciolto was so
ludicrous, that he was frequently accosted by the good-hu-
moured appellations of Punch, Jack of Clubs, and Gaffer
Thumb. Horatio was very ably sustained by Mr. Sydney,
W’ho, fixed as the audience were to jeer and quiz all who
were to perform, succeeded in rivetting their attention on
the business of the scene, where he was concerned, for some
time. The Calista of the evening was so much alarmed at the
apparent hostility of the audience, that she seemed scarcely
able to stand. Lavinia found an excellent representative in
the fascinating Miss Sydney.
“ No talents, no exertions of two or three individuals, could
possibly appease the storm which the absurdities of Messrs.
Coates and Williamstone were calculated to awake. Had
not his performance given strong indications of good sense,
we should have thought Mr. Sydney as mad as Mr. Coates,
for so letting himself down. The experience of that day.
will, I trust, be of service to him, and when Mr. Coates next
undertakes to murder Rowe or Shakspeare, I should hope £
the name of Sydney will not appear in the list of accom-
plices.”
The next time Mr. Coates became a candidate for
histrionic applause at the Haymarket Theatre, was on
January 11th, 1813, for the benefit of Mr. Sims; the
play was the Fair Penitent, and the grand attraction the
Lothario of Mr. R. Coates, whose Romeo, and red
curricle with brass harness, have rendered him very
justly notorious. The house was completely crammed
in a few minutes after the doors were opened, and the per-