Coquelin, Benoit Constant, a noted French actor, born at Boulogne; played in classical pieces and others, composed for himself in the Théâtre Français from 1860 to 1886; since then in London, S. America, and the United States; without a rival in the broader aspects of comedy; (b. 1841).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
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