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§ome Stories of Famous Clowns

... from representations the devil in mediaeval miracle plays. fTVHE most famous clown of modem times in our history was Joseph Grimaldi, master gesture, to whom the great Charlie. Chaplin owes a debt of gratitude. It has been said that the last and finest ...

Published: Tuesday 27 December 1938
Newspaper: Nottingham Journal
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: | Words: 209 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

TANGLED TEASERS

... and memorise -..-m all in Ave minutes). Where is the largest library in the 'A orid ? The Royal Highlanders. Who was Joseph Grimaldi ? In one of the Temples of Kandy. the old capital cf Ceylon, in the centre. of the Ceylon coffee districts. Which European ...

Published: Friday 27 August 1937
Newspaper: Beeston Gazette and Echo
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 243 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

TANGLED TEASERS

... should tri,ie them all .n five minutes). 1. Where is the largest library in the world ? The Royal Highlanders. 2. Who was Joseph Grimaldi ? In one of the Ternp:es of Randy, the old capital of Ceylon, in the centre of the Ceylon coffee districts. 3 . Which ...

Published: Friday 27 August 1937
Newspaper: West Bridgford Times & Echo
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 255 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

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

isERTRAm MILLI CIRCUS AT LINCOLN

... Here We Are Again! on his first entrance in a pantomime rally. To this day the pantomime clown is called Joey, after Joseph Grimaldi, a fitting tribute to his memory. _ . . . Philip Astley, who first introduced the circus in 1772, soon realised that a ...

Published: Wednesday 20 June 1934
Newspaper: Newark Advertiser
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 329 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

Ti,. Method

... Dickens (yes) revelled in . IRevelation . . . He gave you your Companion book to WisePabiola . . The famous clown, Joseph Grimaldi, used to draw the town bring down the house by leaving out a word in his song, a simple device . . Bracket the above. ...

THE LIGHTER SIDE

... reading about the play you had produced last night, and Better get your dinner, young fellow. Britain's Greatest Clown. Joseph Grimaldi, Britain's most famous clown, died a century ago. He was the son of a clown, and early appeared on the stage. Applauded ...

Published: Thursday 27 May 1937
Newspaper: Nottingham Evening Post
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 851 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Relay Of Dance Music From America To-night

... A .programme commemorating the centenary of the death of Joseph Grimaldi, London's king of clowns, will be broadcast in the Regional and Empire programmes to-morrow at 4.15 p.m. Joseph Grimaldi was one of the earliest and greatest of Guiseppe Grimaldi's ...

Published: Thursday 10 June 1937
Newspaper: Nottingham Evening Post
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2072 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

Three Seaside Concert Party Shows To-night

... Programmes MIDLAND (2962 m., 1,013kc). S.O—Far and Near. 3.15—8.8.C. Empire Orchestra. —Joey! King of Clowns! memorial Joseph Grimaldi the famous clown, who died in 1837. 4.4s_Poetry reading (Regional). s.o—Children's Hour. Clifford Quintet; Summer Serenade ...

Published: Wednesday 09 June 1937
Newspaper: Nottingham Evening Post
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2243 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Jazz Bands 300 Years Ago

... Nursery Tales Lewis Theobald was author of some of the most popular pantomimes in the early nineteenth century, and Joseph Grimaldi achieved great fame in his Mother Goose at Covent Garden Theatre, London, in 1806. David Garrick produced The Fairies ...

Published: Thursday 03 December 1936
Newspaper: Nottingham Evening Post
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1860 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

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... Coats, Costumes, other articles, excellent quality.—so7a, rear Mansfield-road. 76z UICKENS. Uhal offers Copy Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi Ctuikshank, illustrated, publisher Routledge?—X 55 “Evening Post.” 25z EXCEPTIONALLY good Sectional Joiner's Shop, 12ft ...

Published: Saturday 11 November 1939
Newspaper: Nottingham Evening Post
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 1464 | Page: 3 | Tags: none