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ROBERT COATES, ESQ.
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strutted about the stage, cracking his whip, and reciting se-
veral passages of that farce, to the great merriment, and
amidst the marked ridicule of the whole audience?’
“ Opera-House, Saturday, May 1st, 1813—Mr. Cock-a-
doodle Coates came forward, and cut even a more ridiculous
figure than he has hitherto sustained, whether it was playing
for pretended widows, or disgracing the classic boards of a
national theatre. He made several attempts, amid groans,
to address the audience, who, much to their credit, would
not listen to a line he had to say; and eventually, after a
considerable deal of hustling, he was forced from the
stage.”
And on May 7, 1813, Mr. Coates again occupied the
stage as Lothario, and received his usual compliments of
every species of disgraceful contempt, engendered by his
despicable folly. He was incessantly saluted with hisses, and
cries of “ off, off,” although nothing could exceed the general
merriment produced by his acting in the scene where he
fences with, and is killed by, Altamont. In this part encore
burst from all parts of the theatre; he did not, however, accede
to the call. “ From the temper displayed last Satur-
day, (says a cotemporary publication), and the indignant
displeasure of the audience, tired beyond endurance with
the abominable fooleries of this sol-disvant Amateur,
we hope and trust that this disgrace to a regular
theatre will not be suffered much longer to exist: And
while acting at the Haymarket Theatre, Tuesday, May 11,
1813, a Bantam cock was thrown on the stage.”
Haymarket Theatre, February 22, 1814. — Tues-
day—The comedy of the West Indian was murdered last
night; the character of Belcour, by Mr. Coates. This
person, it will be remembered, (says the Morning Post),
<£ was held to be so inimitably preposterous in tragedy,
‘hat he has obtained a spurious celebrity, arising from
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strutted about the stage, cracking his whip, and reciting se-
veral passages of that farce, to the great merriment, and
amidst the marked ridicule of the whole audience?’
“ Opera-House, Saturday, May 1st, 1813—Mr. Cock-a-
doodle Coates came forward, and cut even a more ridiculous
figure than he has hitherto sustained, whether it was playing
for pretended widows, or disgracing the classic boards of a
national theatre. He made several attempts, amid groans,
to address the audience, who, much to their credit, would
not listen to a line he had to say; and eventually, after a
considerable deal of hustling, he was forced from the
stage.”
And on May 7, 1813, Mr. Coates again occupied the
stage as Lothario, and received his usual compliments of
every species of disgraceful contempt, engendered by his
despicable folly. He was incessantly saluted with hisses, and
cries of “ off, off,” although nothing could exceed the general
merriment produced by his acting in the scene where he
fences with, and is killed by, Altamont. In this part encore
burst from all parts of the theatre; he did not, however, accede
to the call. “ From the temper displayed last Satur-
day, (says a cotemporary publication), and the indignant
displeasure of the audience, tired beyond endurance with
the abominable fooleries of this sol-disvant Amateur,
we hope and trust that this disgrace to a regular
theatre will not be suffered much longer to exist: And
while acting at the Haymarket Theatre, Tuesday, May 11,
1813, a Bantam cock was thrown on the stage.”
Haymarket Theatre, February 22, 1814. — Tues-
day—The comedy of the West Indian was murdered last
night; the character of Belcour, by Mr. Coates. This
person, it will be remembered, (says the Morning Post),
<£ was held to be so inimitably preposterous in tragedy,
‘hat he has obtained a spurious celebrity, arising from