... was practioaliy as important as the pantomime itself. The clown played a great port, and the greatest of all clowns Joseph Grimaldi, born in the December of IJ7B. lie made his first appearance at Sadler Wells before he was three years old, and died in ...

... constables. Later the down came to take the principal part in harlequinade, as the result of the wonderful abilities of Joseph Grimaldi. The history of out pantomimes and Drury Lane are bound together, for not only was our first real pantomime produced at ...

... Pump Room, Leamington Spa. ;{.()—Car and Near. 3.ls—The 8.8. C. Empire Orchestra. -4.ls—“Joey! King Clowns.” memorial to Joseph Grimaldi, the clown who died In 1837; written by David Kean; produced by John Pudney, with Alee Archdale, Kenneth Howell and Robin ...

... is one of the most familiar bits of theatrical lore. We all know the story of the famous pantomime clown —was it not Joseph Grimaldi?—who, falling into melancholy after half-killing himself with overwork, consulted a doctor. ‘‘You want to be taken out ...