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Clowns Harry Hawkes previews a sale of one of the finest collections of material relating to the history of circus

... into a pathetic love-sick buffoon with a melancholy which has lasted to today The greatest English pantomime clown was Joseph Grimaldi born in 1778 and who died in 1837 He first appeared in England in 1805 and was the first clown to paint his face in the ...

Published: Saturday 20 May 1995
Newspaper: Burton Daily Mail
County: Staffordshire, England
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EVENING THURSDAY JANUARY 4 197Y BOOKS PAGE edited FRED NORRIS Panto path is a Roman one T- WAREHOUSE -KITCHENS ..

... derives Italv’s commedia dell’arte brought- to England Arlecchino in James 1 with traditions as noted back to the Romans it Joseph Grimaldi have been the greatest clown- the world ago are now celebrating who stepped altered the concept of English pantomime Not ...

Published: Thursday 04 January 1979
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
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Panto Industry in Top Gear as Season Nears

... in the 19th century the new speaking pantomime. still featuring a riotous Mariequinade.' had its greatest actor in Joseph Grimaldi. who devised the modern clown's attire. It was a !Send of the costumes of the Trench pierrot and the old English jester ...

Published: Saturday 27 October 1962
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 867 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

MIDLAND London Letter THE INCUR

... a kindly word. part, on television pro- grammes about such things December Clown as the birth of a baby and rIPHOUGH Joseph Grimaldi the use of aneesthetics. Of was born on December 18, one such programme, he 1778. the International Circus commented, ...

Published: Wednesday 24 December 1958
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
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GEORGE CRUIKSHAf^ (1792*1878) “ROUGH diamond” (From a No illustrator is inor rrUsj remembered than Ge° e , j So ..

... Cruikshank drew,” shock to realise that . , ,i Roz and “Oliver T'} s only works of Dickens , apart from the neglect® of Joseph Grimaldi- i to,’2 would have been pi®* ..jnA this, for he was quite UJ he suggested the thenj 1 to.) Twist to Dickens, who tO“'jJ ...

Published: Friday 25 September 1942
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 679 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

NEW ROLE IN SUMMER

... stage in London Other historic names the bearers of which have trod the boards at the Royal include Edmund Kean. Joseph Grimaldi (the king of clowns), Charles Kean, Charles Kemble, Fanny Kemble, Charles Dickens and his band of famous strollers —an ...

Published: Wednesday 13 January 1932
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 848 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Deja Revue

... Cope lie and Giselte are also featured. Harlequinade 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: Tuesday 03 December 1974
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 811 | Page: 34 | Tags: none

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... daye, thein-h I believe the pule of In not averse, occasion and to take a boa. If permit to me • quotation from the la, Joseph Grimaldi, an Italian newsman Illustrious descant, I mould ray/feu, are again Exit with toe and-bed .tep, singing Ram tiddy-iddy ...

Published: Thursday 04 February 1886
Newspaper: Burton Chronicle
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 845 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

THE COLESHILL CHRONICLE, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1895

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Published: Saturday 12 October 1895
Newspaper: Coleshill Chronicle
County: Warwickshire, England
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Readers' views Help for young soccer players

... for playing this part. dressed in a costume of diamond- shaped patterns and a black maslL Later a young dancer named Joseph Grimaldi played the comedy pail of Clown. and made people laugh so much that this character renamed Joey. after the actor became ...

Published: Saturday 14 November 1981
Newspaper: Rugeley Times
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 959 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

ON CLOWNS

... ON CLOWNS I never row the great Joseph Grimaldi. I find, however, iu this fact, a source of personal comfort when I read that to those who du not recollect him itc his great days it would be inipmaible to convoy an adequate idea of his extraordinary ...

CAR WHO CLAIMS PRINCE RAINIER'S THRONE

... down. The most famous Grimaldi of ruler of Monaco. He was the Familia/1 branch of the family not Joking and he was Joseph Grimaldi who was on the stage at the beginning of the produced documents, and nineteenth century and ass a family tree verified ...

Published: Thursday 06 December 1962
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 947 | Page: 14 | Tags: none