Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 November 1886 — M. COQUELIN. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

M. COQUELIN.

France’s Most Celebrated Comedian. M. Coquelin, the great French actor, has determined to visit the New World next spring. He will open at Rio Janeiro, and play throughout South America. He then iifliends to vigit&the United States, but says that he does not expect much success in this country, as the people don’t

understand his- language, and,tjmh taste does not rtm in the direction- oMPreneh plays. When: he returns to Paris, he will act no longer ah the Comedie Francaise, but probably open at the Vaudeville, of which he is part owner. M. Coquelin’s visit to America will, be a noteworthy dramatic event. He ismowia his 43d year. •