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... reproduce here is entitled Mr. Grimaldi and Mr. Norman in the Epping Hunt, from the Popular Pantomime, ' The Red Dwarf.' Joseph Grimaldi, the famous clown, was born in 1779 and died in 1837. ...

Published: Wednesday 02 December 1931
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 70 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

Grimaldi

... revived memories of Clown and Pantaloon by issuing with the opening day invitations a series of delightful pictures of Joseph Grimaldi, first and foremost of English clowns. Doughty, one of Grimaldi's successors, possessed similar qualities. The handbill ...

Published: Sunday 13 December 1931
Newspaper: Reynolds's Newspaper
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 63 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

CLOWNS

... theatre where Drury Lane now stands, and received knighthood. is buried in Westminster Abbey. The great English clown, Joseph Grimaldi, never worked in circus since, when he flourished, Astley had only just introduced us it. ...

Published: Thursday 23 April 1931
Newspaper: Exeter and Plymouth Gazette
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 191 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

ROYAL JESTERS. ANCESTORS OF Tall NODNRN CLOWNS

... built a theatre where Drury Lam now stands and received a knighthood. He is buried in Westminster Abbey. The great clown. Joseph Grimaldi, never worked in a cirrus, seeing that, when he flourished, Miley had only just introduced us to it. Th. Quality Shaw ...

Published: Saturday 03 October 1931
Newspaper: Sleaford Gazette
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 233 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

POPULAR SHOWS

... The Romance of the Civil Service, are, we consider, the four colour-prints of. pantomime subjects, three of them of Joseph Grimaldi, repro duced from the Bertram W. Mills oollection; the old portraits of many celebrated music-hall per formers, with extracts ...

Published: Thursday 05 November 1931
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 593 | Page: 19 | Tags: none

(By ORION.)

... Heaven or Hoboken by Christmas. 19. Lord Biron in Shakespeare's Love's Labour Lost. 20. The English Puritans. 2L Joseph Grimaldi, the famous pantomime clown. 22. S. T. Coleridge in The Three Graves. 23. Rudysrd Kipling, author of a poem of that ...

Published: Friday 25 December 1931
Newspaper: Hampshire Telegraph
County: Hampshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 517 | Page: 18 | Tags: none

THE ORIGINAL “JOEY” JOSEPH GRIMALDI-GREATEST OF CLOWNS

... THE ORIGINAL “JOEY” JOSEPH GRIMALDI — GREATEST OF CLOWNS By BERTRAM MILLS ee oe RIMALDI, the greatest of al English clowns, was born on December 18, 1778, in the parish of St. Clement's Danes. The son of Guiseppe Grimaldi, himself a famous clown, he really ...

Published: Wednesday 23 December 1931
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 706 | Page: 2 | 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

eburtb Aotto

... of St. James's, Pentonville, and George H. Grimaldi, a descendant of the fan ous clown, laid a wreath on the grave of Joseph Grimaldi the greatest of English clowns, on Pentonville Hill. * * * In the couse of a short address the Rev. H. W. Haynes spoke ...

Published: Saturday 24 January 1931
Newspaper: Holloway Press
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1288 | Page: 6 | 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

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... by men only the only prominent role alloted being of was sometimes filled lad Sadler’s pantomime of loll for instance Joseph Grimaldi appeared the title of Robinson Crusoe with his son then boy twelve Man Friday What would tolerate middle-aged Robinson ...

Published: Thursday 17 December 1931
Newspaper: Huddersfield Daily Examiner
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 4780 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

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... prominent role allotted to Columbine and even that was sometimes filled by lad the Sadler’s Wells pantomime 1811 instance Joseph Grimaldi appeared title role of Robinson Crusoe with more famous a boy twelve as Man Friday audience would tolerate a middle-aged ...

Published: Thursday 17 December 1931
Newspaper: Liverpool Daily Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 4734 | Page: 6 | Tags: none