HARLEQUINADE AT CHRISTMAS: Grimaldi, Idol of the London Public and One of the Greatest of Clowns
... performance of a Harlequinade, executed in Italian Mimic Scenes, put on by John Rich, the actor-manager, who billed himself as LUN at Lincoln's Inn and Covent Garden. Rich kept Harlequin's rascality alive. In his day the Harlequinade was the backbone ...