... in the cosmopolitan society of the time. History, however, says that the real father of the modern English clown was Joseph Grimaldi, who was born in London in 1779, the year in which David Garrick died. He first appeared on the boards of Drury Lane as ...

... famous personalities of the past and one who is still alive are featured in this week's London programmes. The first Joseph Grimaldi, the famous clown, who died exactly a hundred years ago, and who is to be the subject of biographical play in both the ...

... apparently • type of variety entertainment, was opened with, as alleged, a visit from the spirit of the famous clown. Joseph Grimaldi; the speedo object of which visitation is not, 6owWet, quite clear, seeing that nobody present appears to have claimed ...