OBITUARY.
ERNEST COQUELIN: A.NOTED FRENCH ■/'/v. /A ■/,:,'' ?■;;:::,,;;:;/. - ; ,; . Inr. TEiEauirn—rnEss Xssoniatio'n—cortmnnT.) / ■;, Paris, February' 9.-.;.",• :-, The death, is'announced of ; Ernest >Coquelin, the actor.: He suffered. : from.'. melancholia, and died in, an asylum. .■-"./. .'■'■■: .Ernest (Cadet) Coquelin was the elder, brother of Benoit-Constant' Cnquelih, French.'comedian, whose death was announced only_. a : few, days ago.The deceased was a dramatic actor of high, standing, and'a'member.of the famous Comedie Francaise. : He was'bor.i'.in'Paris in the' May of 1818, and; studying(for tho stage at the Paris. Conservatoire,' was awarded the; first prize for comedy there* in 1867. He made his debut at the Odeon : in' "L'Anglais, ou, le Fou; Raisdnnable" in the same year, and appeared in "Los Plaideurs" at the Comedie: Francaise in-18G8, and for. .'many years was -'a'; leading actor in' classic imd.modern repertoires. ~;.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 429, 11 February 1909, Page 7
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127OBITUARY. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 429, 11 February 1909, Page 7
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