North of the Stupid Line

I’d like to introduce y’all to my namesake, Mr Robert Wilks, born in or around 1665.  According to Wikipedia:

He was a British actor and theatrical manager who was one of the leading managers of Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in its hey day of the 1710′s.

It also appears that he was denounced by Alexander Pope, and was satirised by him in The Dunciad.  I studied Pope’s works for A Level English Literature.  He was an “attractive male lead” and had a “vain and tempestuous personality”.

Looks like I have a lot to live up to!

Tags: Art and culture, Ramblings

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