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By STEPHEN ABBOTT

... people of the Continent are like a pack of ravening wolves, wanting to TO-DAY is the hundredth anniversary of the death of Joseph Grimaldi, whose reputation lives as that of the greatest clown in history. He was much more than a clown however, being a child ...

Published: Monday 31 May 1937
Newspaper: Leicester Evening Mail
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 110 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

SAWDUST

... soars. BIGGEST FAVOURITE Biggest all-round favourites of the circus are the clowns, still called Joey in remembrance of Joseph Grimaldi. The star clown stands alone in a circus, both as regards prestige and earning power. Comics dressed in fantastic costumes ...

Published: Saturday 01 January 1949
Newspaper: Leicester Chronicle
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 171 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

14 THE LEICESTER MERCURY FRIDAY 20th DECEMBER 1935 &impfetn£i They Used To Eat Peacocks have all the best J for

... star popular in the 18th century with clown harlequin and columbine The famous English clown of an early period was Joseph Grimaldi of Old Drury Sir Augustus Harris Leno Harry Nichols Herbert Campbell— what memories these names recall The ingredients ...

Published: Friday 20 December 1935
Newspaper: Leicester Daily Mercury
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 2332 | Page: 14 | Tags: none