THE TRAGIC CLOWN THE CENTENARY OF GRIMALDI WORE MOTLEY WITH A BREAKING HEART
... GRIMALDI WORE MOTLEY WITH A BREAKING HEART A hundred years ago to-day died the greatest clown the British stage has known, ~Joseph Grimaldi was the father of all the *genuine drolls, the grimacing, filching, irresistible clowns” who are the delight of pantomime ...