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... soars. BIGGEST FAVOURITE Biggest all-round favourites of the circus are the clowns, still called Joey in remembrance of Joseph Grimaldi. The star clown stands alone in a circus, both as regards prestige and earning power. Comics dressed in fantastic costumes ...

Published: Saturday 01 January 1949
Newspaper: Leicester Chronicle
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 171 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

MR. DAN LENO ON PANTOMIME Enjoyment for Millions

... traditional Christmas as any other things— Christmas pudding and turkey. Sketching the history of pantomime, he spoke of Joseph Grimaldi. who invented the conventional clown's costume, which was in reality a burlesque of the dress the dandies of those days ...

Published: Friday 08 December 1944
Newspaper: Peterborough Standard
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: | Words: 445 | Page: 1 | Tags: none