... given in dumb show and relied upon slap-stick comedy. Speaking clowns did not come into existence before the days of Joseph Grimaldi who became the greatest pantomime clown of all. It was Davict who made Harlequin a speaking character, and who was the ...

... was given dumb show and relied on slap-stick comedy. Speaking clowns did not come into existence before the days of Joseph Grimaldi who became the greatest pantomime clown of all. It was David Garrick who made Harlequin a speaking character and who was ...