... harlequin he made. Now let me tell you something about a famous clown. One of the mos: famous of pantomime clowns, was Joseph Grimaldi, who was born In 1779 and died in 1837. He was the sun of an Italian actor, so that it is fitting he should have made ...

... Then, in 1738, Rich boldly introduced the spoken word. At a much later period—namely, at the beginning of last century, Joseph Grimaldi played clown in the same theatre, and from that period the clown became the most important figure. Principal boy and girl ...

... tablet put up to their memory as is to be done at the house in Calshot Street, I ,, litonville, where lived the famous Joseph Grimaldi. It was called Southampton Street when Grimaldi died there 101 years ago, but was Included in the L.C.C.'s renaming programme ...

... a tightrope and crossed the Thames on a tightrope in 1P,61. The most famous clown of modern times in our history was Joseph Grimaldi, master of gesture. to whom the great Charlie Chaplin owes a debt of gratitude. It has been said that the last and finest ...