Richard Yates (comic actor)

Richard Yates (comic actor)

Richard Yates (c. 1706-1796) was an English comic actor, who worked at the Haymarket Theatre and Drury Lane among others, appearing in David Garrick's "King Lear". He also worked in theatre management, and set up a new theatre in Birmingham in 1773. Both his first wife, Elizabeth Mary (maiden name unknown, died in 1753) and Mary Anne Graham (1728–1787 - married in 1756) were actresses.

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