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... which there were many famous exponents, including Mrs. Siddons and Miss Farren. In the Sadler** Wells pantomime of 1814 Joseph Grimaldi appeared m the title role of Robinson Crusoe, with bis more famous son, then boy 12, Man Friday. What pantomime audience ...

Published: Thursday 16 January 1930
Newspaper: Lancashire Evening Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 109 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

TEN TANGLED TEASERS

... be able to sort them out lew minutes) 1. Where Is the largest library In the world? The Royal Highlanders. 2. Who was Joseph Grimaldi? one of the Temples of Kandy, the old capital of Ceylon. In the centre of the Ceylon coffee districts S. Which European ...

Published: Friday 03 September 1937
Newspaper: Clitheroe Advertiser and Times
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 261 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

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

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

Here, There

... were killed and 73 injured, the German Government had •* resolved to take measures.** A centenary service in memory of Joseph Grimaldi, the clown, was held at St. James's Church, Pentonville. o o o Body of Kidnapped Boy The body of 12-ycar-old Peter Levine ...

Published: Monday 30 May 1938
Newspaper: Lancashire Evening Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 560 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

When Irving Played The Wicked Fairy

... and created a sensation. Comparatively few London productions have a single prop costing £2OO. frC - t here born Joseph Grimaldi, probably the greatest of clown.. lie was once de,oribed as the mortal Jupiter of practical joke; the Stage Spectacles ...

Published: Tuesday 27 November 1934
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 1196 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

LOCAL & GENERAL NOTES

... was appreciated can be seen In practically •II the small villages of England and Wales. The centenary of the death of Joseph Grimaldi. England greatest clown, was celebrated on Monday. In the course of one of his immensely successful provincial tours Grimaldi ...

Published: Saturday 05 June 1937
Newspaper: Cheshire Observer
County: Cheshire, England
Type: | Words: 1169 | Page: 16 | Tags: none

Television in the North

... Room, Leamington Bps. 3-0. —Far and Near. 3-15.—The B.R.C. Empire Orchestra. 4-15. —Joey King of Clowns. A Memorial to Joseph Grimaldi, written David Keen ; produced John 4-45. —The English Poets—Alfred Lord Tennyson—l, selected f. L. Lacaa, read by Fe ...

Published: Wednesday 09 June 1937
Newspaper: Burnley Express
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 741 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Concluded

... Dan Leno got his first look in.” He was one of the world’s three greatest stage humorists. He was worthy successor of Joseph Grimaldi. The third, and probably the greatest actor-humorist of all time, Charles Spencer Chaplin, has played at Burnley. He is ...

Published: Thursday 24 December 1931
Newspaper: Nelson Leader
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1112 | Page: 10 | 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

RYAN’S SALE OF FASHION WEAR Commences THIS FRIDAY JANUARY 4 Owing i'li WEATHER BETTER MODELS is heavy Stock The ARC

... Schools Church-gate under direction Mr Walter Wood programme bore quotation from Charles Dickens’ lift the famous clown Joseph Grimaldi The delights the ten thousand million delights of a pantomime come now” This quotation prepared really delightful show ...

Published: Thursday 03 January 1935
Newspaper: Stockport County Express
County: Cheshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2557 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

Page Two RAMSBOTTOM OBSERVER FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 17 1937 OUR NINTH BIRTHDAY AIMS AND ACHIEVEMENTS STYLE EVERY ..

... article in the “Free Press” last week TEN TANGLED TEASERS 1 Where the library in the world ? The Highlanders 2 Who was Joseph Grimaldi? In one of the Temples Kandy the old capital Ceylon in the centre the Ceylon coffee districts 3 Which European country ...

Published: Friday 17 September 1937
Newspaper: Ramsbottom Observer
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2475 | Page: 2 | Tags: none