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Robert Coates, The Stage Actor Who Was So Terrible He Became A Legend

Robert Coates, The Stage Actor Who Was So Terrible He Became A Legend

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Today is Actors Day, and few actors have left an impression like Robert "Romeo" Coates, who was sort of the Florence Foster Jenkins of English stage stars. Plus: today in 2022, the passing of Queen Elizabeth II of England, which triggered a very old custom of notifying the royal bees.

The Amateur of Fashion: Robert "Romeo" Coates (Folger Shakespeare Library)

The Queen’s Bees Have Been Informed of Her Passing (Vanity Fair)

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