Mr. Yates as The Red Rover

Mr. Yates as The Red Rover

Mr. Frederick Henry Yates

Frederick Yates made his theatrical debut in 1817. [1] He began his London career at Covet Gardens and in 1825, he purchased the Adelphi theatre with Daniel Terry. During their joint management of the theatre, numerous plays by Edward Fitzball were produced, including his 1828 melodrama Red Rover. [2] Yates played the role of Red Rover in both the original 1828 produciton and the 1831 revival. Yates continued to manage the Adelphi until his retirement in 1842. [3] 

[1] Michael Baker. The Rise of the Victorian Actor (London: Croom Helm, 1978), 202.
[2] Allardyce Nicoll, XIX Century Drama, 1800-1850, vol. II (London: Cambridge University Press, 1930), 303.
[3] Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, "Yates, Frederick Henry," 2007, http://oxforddnb.com/view/article/30190?docPos=11.

Red Rover (Fitzball)

Victoria and Albert Museum, London 
Mr. Yates as the Red Rover 

Museum of London
Mr. Yates as Miles Bertram
Mr. Yates as Red Rover

The Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington
Mr. Yates as Iago

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