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[[File:Robert Coates (actor).jpg|thumb|Robert Coates]] | [[File:Robert Coates (actor).jpg|thumb|Robert Coates]] | ||
[[File:Portrait of Emma Anne Coates (nee Robinson) - DPLA - a50ac6022116e3c100a5fc8af59977ba.jpg|thumb|Emma Anne Coates, the wife of Robert Coates]] | [[File:Portrait of Emma Anne Coates (nee Robinson) - DPLA - a50ac6022116e3c100a5fc8af59977ba.jpg|thumb|Emma Anne Coates, the wife of Robert Coates]] | ||
[[File:Bodleian Libraries, Princely piety, or- the worshippers at Wanstead.jpg|thumb|294x294px|Robert Coates appears in black, to the left of Sir Lumley Skeffington in red, at the foot of the staircase. ]] | [[File:Bodleian Libraries, Princely piety, or- the worshippers at Wanstead.jpg|thumb|294x294px|Caricature titled 'Princely Piety, or- the Worshippers at Wanstead'. The caricature, by George Cruikshank, depicts suitors wooing a wealthy young heiress. Robert Coates appears in black, to the left of Sir Lumley Skeffington in red, at the foot of the staircase. ]] | ||
Robert Coates (1772- 21 February 1848) was an amateur actor, who performed in Britain in the early nineteenth century. He was satirised by the press and by cartoonists for his amateur theatrical endeavours and for his interests in fashion. | Robert Coates (1772- 21 February 1848) was an amateur actor, who performed in Britain in the early nineteenth century. He was satirised by the press and by cartoonists for his amateur theatrical endeavours and for his interests in fashion. | ||
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Robert Coates (1772- 21 February 1848) was an amateur actor, who performed in Britain in the early nineteenth century. He was satirised by the press and by cartoonists for his amateur theatrical endeavours and for his interests in fashion.
Amateur Theatrical Career
He performed in a number of roles in the early nineteenth century.
Personal Life
He was married in 1823 to Emma and had two children.
Using queer historiographical approaches to studying Robert Coates, it seems possible that he was queer.
Robert Coates is buried in Kensal Green Cemetery in London.