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... degree that they slept in the Royal rooms. An animal with the strengih of a Lion and the i-:mwgkm’dnb‘muhopo-dfl a mul Joseph Grimaldi— 17781837 —was, perhaps, the most eminent pantomime clown that ever appeared on the stage WARWICKSHIRE MINERS. UNION OFFICIALS ...

Published: Friday 14 June 1912
Newspaper: Northampton Herald
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 280 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

WHITEHAVEN DISASTER

... the Press for their cooperation and asm stance.” TO-DAY’S ANNIVERSARIES. St. Pelfonula. Tintoretto, painter, died Joseph Grimaldi, comedian, died I®* Railway opened between and Northampton Thomas Chalmers, D.D., one the chiefs of __ tho Scotch ...

A Fine Circus

... tablet put up to their memory a 5 is to be done at the house in Caishoistreet, Pentonville, where lived th.fl famous Joseph Grimaldi. It was called Southampton-street when Grimaldi died there 101 years ago, but was included the L.C.C.’s re-naming programme ...

Published: Monday 18 July 1938
Newspaper: Nottingham Journal
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: | Words: 416 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Centenary Of Grimaldi Wore Motley With Breaking Heart

... Grimaldi Wore Motley With Breaking Heart A HUNDRED years ago to-day died the greatest clown the British stage has known, e Joseph Grimaldi was the father of all the “ genuine drolls, the grimacing, filching, irresistible clowns,” who are the delight of pantomime ...

Published: Monday 31 May 1937
Newspaper: Shields Daily News
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 294 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

HISTORY OF DRURY LANE

... risen greatly in the social scale. It was at Drury Lane that Edmund Kean ran his brilliant but erratic career. Mere also Joseph Grimaldi, the prince of clown% took his farewell of the stage. The fortunes of acorns of the leading actors and actresses of the ...

QTAINT CHRISTIAN NANIS

... Hadley; Hope for Bending, of the same. THZ Or CLOWNS. In the history of English pantomime the foremost place is held by Joseph Grimaldi. By him it was raised to its zenith; after him began its decline. The opening, introduced as a curtainraiser, developed ...

REGIONAL

... REGIONAL 877 kc/s (342 1 metres) 4: The 8.8.C. Empire Orchestra. 4 15: Joey! King of Clowns; a Memorial to Joseph Grimaldi; written by Pavid Kean. 4 45; The English Poets Alfred Lord Tennyson; selected by P. L. Lucas, read by Felix Aylmer. 5: Children’s ...

Published: Wednesday 09 June 1937
Newspaper: Lancashire Evening Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 248 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Day

... too old and serious for pantomime The clown, oddly, came in much later than the harlequin. Grimaldi—not the most famous Joseph Grimaldi, but father, Guieeppe Grimaldi, made his dibut at Garrick's Drury Lane pantomime in 1758. Joseph first appeared in pantomime ...

Published: Monday 27 December 1915
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 297 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

as we know rr

... 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 ...

Published: Friday 15 January 1915
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 324 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

WELSH LEAGUE DIVISION I

... home at the Aerodrome against Pwllheli. The Royal Highlanders. They will play in blue with gold cuffs and 2.—Who wass Joseph Grimaldi? white knickers In one of the Temples of Kandy, the Caernarvon have applied for admission old capital of Ceylon, in the ...

Published: Friday 27 August 1937
Newspaper: Flintshire County Herald
County: Flintshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 314 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

THE GHOSTS OF PANTOMIME

... became a traditional institution. The predominance of the clown is a comparatively recent development. most famous being Joseph Grimaldi. 1779-1837. whose memory is specially connected with Mother Goose, performed at Covent Garden in 1806. Nowadays, of ...

Published: Saturday 25 December 1937
Newspaper: Cheshire Observer
County: Cheshire, England
Type: | Words: 424 | Page: 7 | Tags: none