FUNNY MEN OF THE CIRCUS

... Rich. The Circus clown came into being years later in 1772 when Astley appeared. The outstanding figure among clowns is Joseph Grimaldi but there were other historic clowns of more recent generations like Bibbs, Toni Barry. Toni Matthews, Harry Payne aml ...

Published: Saturday 30 September 1933
Newspaper: Kington Times
County: Herefordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1512 | Page: 8 | 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

Ht EVENING CHRONICLE FRIDAY 11 193? TEL iBooks That Recount MOHE AMAZING BARGAINS IN MAKING AND JULIET OF ROMEO ..

... during lecture by Miss Smith Cure Hair” A competition for made from sheets newspaper was won by Mrs Bland service memory Joseph Grimaldi the nil clowns died vears held James’s Church Pentonville where buried i HONOURED BY KING Monkseaton Co-operator at I ...

Published: Friday 11 June 1937
Newspaper: Newcastle Evening Chronicle
County: Northumberland, England
Type: | Words: 1997 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

MISCELLANEOUS SALES AND WANTS. Engineprs, Builders, save time and petrol. XX collect and pay cash for scrap ..

... 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

Ifo-IDAlif^WaiiPJElLlCS^ Two Blackpool Shos and A Comedy

... Pump Room, Leamington Spa. ;{.()—Car and Near. 3.ls—The 8.8. C. Empire Orchestra. -4.ls—“Joey! King Clowns.” memorial to Joseph Grimaldi, the clown who died In 1837; written by David Kean; produced by John Pudney, with Alee Archdale, Kenneth Howell and Robin ...

Published: Wednesday 09 June 1937
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1370 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

DAILY RECORD AND' MAIL TUESDAY DECEMBER 1934 9 Morning's Gossip Stevenson’s Counsel Hungary she may well be con ..

... respect of the role of Columbine In the principal London pantomime of 1814 the title role'of Robinson Crusoe was taken by Joseph Grimaldi with hia more famous son then a boy of twelve as Man riday But what audience would tolerate a middle-aged man as Crusoe ...

Published: Tuesday 11 December 1934
Newspaper: Daily Record
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2138 | Page: 9 | 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

London Woman ' s Diary

... tablet was fixed to a little house in Calshot Street which bears a name familiar to everybody . It states simply that Joseph Grimaldi , Clown , lived and died here . As far as I know , this is the only memorial of its kind in London . Grimaldi was , ...

Published: Monday 08 August 1938
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 3476 | Page: 14 | Tags: none

I • Echoes and Gossip of the Day • i

... as you say, but at least a worm can make both ends meet., No merrier soul ever flitted across the English stage than Joseph Grimaldi, who died on May 31, one hundred year ago. He waved a magic wand that made him the idol of the public for fifty years ...

Published: Friday 28 May 1937
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 2974 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

SADLER'S WELLS

... passion, and even then such a thing as marriage never entered 1iis head Tlio result of this attachment was tho arrival of Joseph Grimaldi in 1779, and he made his d£but on tho stage at Sadler's Wells ono year and eleven months later. So successful was he that ...

Published: Thursday 08 January 1931
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 3011 | Page: 13 | Tags: none