... the neighbourhood. The parishioners of Clerkenwell in return were to keep the church and its appurtenanees in repair. Joseph Grimaldi. whose grave is in the precincts of the church ground'', was tho moat celebrated of Englieh clowns. Born in London on ...

... country and ghee them offer when committed in another counts.—Mr. ft. Clynes. —Westminster Gazette. A FAIOUS CLOWN. Joseph Grimaldi. who died aged SS in 1837. was born in London. and cams from a family of Italian dancers and clowns. As a pantomime clown ...

... again When I heard the we in Royal Avenue, Belfast. on the meeting of two friends. I was reminded of the great clown, Joseph Grimaldi. whose centenary has just been celebrated. It was Grimaldi who originated the salutation, but he made it the catch-phrase ...

... of Famous Clowns By means relics the memory two famous clowns is preserved in the London Museum. The costume worn by Joseph Grimaldi, who was described by Diekens The genuine droll, the grimacing, filching, irresistible down,** was presented eight years ...

... the class nment Was an: status of the theatr after its rebuilding in 1765, and notable actors were associated with it Joseph Grimaldi .made hi stage appearance at Sadler’s Wells i at the of two, and played the nearly years. The period | tween 1844 and ...

... latest craze among some Society girls for putting nn the gloves.— Gadabout, in the Daily Chronicle. DIDDIN'S FRIEND. Joseph Grimaldi, the famous down, whose tomb in St. James's Churchyard,' Pentonville—now a recreation ground-- which Mr. Stanley Cooper ...

... of pantomime the comic element was generally provided by Harlequin and Columbine, and by the clown. From the time of Joseph Grimaldi the clown became more important than the others. and consequently the dumb show of the ancient pantomimes came to an end ...

... PUBLIC TASTE. Lewis Theobald was author of some ol the most popular pauitomimes in Hi© early nineteenth century, and Joseph Grimaldi achieved great fame in hi* Mother Goose *t Covent Garden Theatre, London, in 1806. David Garrick produced The Fairies ...

... County Council. A few days ago a plaque was placed on the front of a house in Southampton Street, Pentonvllle, the Home of Joseph Grimaldi, the clown, and it is expected that the near future one will mark Sir Henry Irving’s house Or^ on Street. There are now ...

... Eves Hr. Alfred Jingle, who not as much as adventurer, in rather aa amusing than a repulsive peieoaaga, Tba Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi, edited by Bos. shows the invention and industry required ia that very important personage, a gaptomlma olowa. Ia ...

... famous will be added to-day one to clown On house in Calshot Street, Pentonville Road, is to be affixed a plate reading. “Joseph Grimaldi (1778-1837), clown, lived and died here.” Grimaldi regarded the greatest clown who ever lived. It was in his blood, one ...

... magistrates then, and !n his capacity oltrk to tha former the had to do little rent-collecting. One the alderman's tenants Joseph Grimaldi, the famous clown, and at hia instigation Edward Milas became an actor, starting at the Hereford Theatre ia 1834. the ...