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Unparalleled pantos a ‘peculiar practice’

... fire, volcanoes, and who first introduced the idea of painting landscape on the backcloth. Enter the Clown. This was Joseph Grimaldi, the most famous of them all, who first {:ined Garrick at Drur{v ne, but after a quarrel left to join John Rich, who again ...

Published: Friday 05 January 1990
Newspaper: Stratford-upon-Avon Herald
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 719 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

OUR LONDON LETTER

... a tablet put up to their memory, as is to be done at the house in Calshotstreet, Pentonville, where lived the famous Joseph Grimaldi. Grimaldi has the reputation of being the greatest clown who ever lived, but in ad probability, as in everything else ...

Published: Monday 18 July 1938
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 995 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

REPORT ON NO. 10

... di T .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: 1033 | Page: 15 | Tags: none

Tailpiece

... in a kindly word. part, on television pro- grammes about such things December Clown as the birth of a baby andTHOUGH Joseph Grimaldi the use of anaesthetics. 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
Type: | Words: 970 | Page: 18 | Tags: none

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Published: Tuesday 17 June 1969
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 873 | Page: 34 | Tags: none

THE LATE RECTOR OF MADELEY

... brought 245., while a second edition of Oliver Twist, in 3 volumes. went for 34a.: 2 volumes of Boa's Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi reaching the name figure: while a first edition of The Cricket on the Hearth was sold for lls. A copy of Cox' St ...

Published: Saturday 10 September 1904
Newspaper: Staffordshire Sentinel
County: Staffordshire, England
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Staffordshire Newsletter Page December FESTIVE FACTS Giving gifts Giving gifts at Christmas time is a much ..

... cel - ls DACiA no it Photo: Creative Company much as the children There are some legendary names associated with pantos Joseph Grimaldi is remembered as probably the greatest clown of all time Dan Leno as probably the greatest Dame The latter achieved great ...

Published: Friday 08 December 1989
Newspaper: Staffordshire Newsletter
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 1155 | Page: 70 | Tags: none

REUNITED AT LAST David Bryan right with brother Bernard and sister Carol Lost brothers in reunion delight ..

... Chamberlain PM May 1917 (80) -J F Kennedy US bom May 29 1964 (33) - The of £8 million Bull Ring Centre May 31 1837 (160) -Joseph Grimaldi after whom are now called Joey” died By Ben Taylor ing the death of adoptive parents hired detective to trace his natural ...

Published: Sunday 25 May 1997
Newspaper: Birmingham Weekly Mercury
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 1140 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

SELECTED ANECDOTES

... 'horsemanship, in the character of a page; and the boy being timid, his master applied the whip to him ' unmercifully. Joseph Grimaldi was standing by, and looked very serious, considering his vocation. You see, said Ducrow to Joey, that it is necessary ...

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... Age man The clown practised mime They important of th were especially fond of and most famous animal numicpr Warnors Joseph Grimaldi -portrayed both the hunter the clown Children's stones The Romans were fond used for plots of the pantomime and Goose ...

Published: Friday 23 November 1979
Newspaper: Walsall Observer
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 1191 | Page: 32 | Tags: none