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... line is the Prince of Monaco, who derives his income mainly—well, not from a chaplaincy to the forces. Then there was Joseph Grimaldi, our famous English clown. who once being nigh unto death, as he iliodght front melancholy, went incognito to consul: ...

Published: Tuesday 17 September 1907
Newspaper: Staffordshire Sentinel
County: Staffordshire, England
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CLOWNS' CHURCH DEDICATED Famous clowns laid aside their wigs and red noses and set out on a solemn journey ..

... International Circus Clowns Club accompanied the Bishop and clergy to the south wall of the church where a memorial to Joseph Grimaldi. the great entertainer. was unveiled and dedicated by the Bishop The memorial included the tiny coloured statuette ...

Published: Monday 14 December 1959
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 310 | Page: 28 | Tags: none

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... bore at Christmas. • That pantomimes aers this country the ye er !master of Shrensbur, . ass That the most famous time. Joseph Grimaldi. e his family of players io 17, fillip to the pantomime I tainuseat. That Mother Goose hortequisades Grimaldi p • That ...

Published: Saturday 24 December 1932
Newspaper: Walsall Observer
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 397 | Page: 25 | Tags: none

THE CHRISTMAS PAN

... natancr dent art of John missing ame Lu who, |lr the ewghtee entury virtually eated Pantomime this country, the genius of Joseph Grimaldi, the Clown of Clowns in the nineteenth century: and the splendour of yesterday's Transformation What of Harlequin and ...

Published: Friday 27 December 1974
Newspaper: Stratford-upon-Avon Herald
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 283 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Oh yes it is FESTIVE FACTS Giving gifts Christmas mmii tradition than might think Saturnalia Festival which ..

... a 4-sLdLUns- the 1 m dually st-yled Pi Road Photo: Creative Company as the children are some associated with pantos Joseph Grimaldi is as clown all time: The popularity but sadlv IB Lacey is Dame since with Inman and leading the contemporary contingent ...

Published: Friday 08 December 1989
Newspaper: Uttoxeter Newsletter
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 410 | Page: 70 | Tags: none

Insufferably

... . . in 1837, Joseph Grimaldi, the original sad-faced clown, died. Grimaldi, a manic depressive. constantly sought medical advice on how to lift his spirits. One doctor prescribed a trip to see a wonderful clown name of Joseph Grimaldi. patronising TUDOP ...

Published: Saturday 31 May 1986
Newspaper: Staffordshire Sentinel
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 971 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

It Delighted King Charles I

... England. Public Taste 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 Tho Fairies ...

Published: Friday 31 December 1937
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 424 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

. . . at the Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton

... take part in some of the excerpts. Ifarlequinade which occupies the second half of the programme is a new work about Joseph Grimaldi, the famous 19th century clown. This is extremely entertaining and at times hilarious. Thane Bettany acts, dances and ...

Published: Wednesday 04 December 1974
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 468 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

I N THIS DAY

... I N THIS DAY DECEMBER 18 was the day in 1779 when Joseph Grimaldi, the original miserable clown, was born. He rapidly became the world's most famous clown, having started on stage at the age of 15 months. Behind the scenes, though, he suffered from ...

Published: Friday 18 December 1987
Newspaper: Staffordshire Sentinel
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 475 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

LONDON LETTER Foxhunter 'a family pet'

... M. R. Hull will speak on stones and marbles recovered on the site of the Forum and Temple of Claudius at Colchester. Joseph Grimaldi, who is buried there. The Mayor and Mayoress of Finsbury and the Mayor and Mayoress of Lambeth, with their aldermen and ...

Published: Thursday 07 January 1954
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 456 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

SALE OF MR. HERMAN’S LIBRARY

... ” embellished with 180 very scarce portraits of historical celebrities, fetched £49. (Robson): tKckens’s “ Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi,” likewise enriched, went for £6O. (Ellis); Dr. Doran’s Their Majesties’ Servants,” with many portraits and water-colour ...

Published: Saturday 24 January 1885
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 518 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

REPORT ON NO. 10

... For—Grimaldi ,ONDON circus clowns are to meet at St. James's Church, Pentonville Road, on January 26 to honour the memory of Joseph Grimaldi, who is buried there. They will hold a short service in the church and then lay a wreath on Grimaldi's grave. All are ...

Published: Friday 27 December 1957
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 535 | Page: 4 | Tags: none