EPISODE · Sep 8, 2025 · 3 MIN
Robert Coates, The Stage Actor Who Was So Terrible He Became A Legend
from Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson · host Brady Carlson
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)Act now to support this show on Patreon
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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)Act now to support this show on Patreon
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