Joseph Grimaldi

The actor Joseph Grimaldi as Clown in the pantomime Harlequin and Friar Bacon by Bonnor and O’Keefe staged at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden London in 1820. Detail from hand-coloured etching by George Cruikshank (1792 – 1878), first published in the 19th century.

Joseph Grimaldi photo gallery

October 18, 2017 tom.raymond 0

Photo gallery for Joseph Grimaldi, the father of modern clowning.

Only One Real Life, by Dexter Fellows - an excerpt from This Way to the Big Show, 1936

Only One Real Life

October 18, 2016 tom.raymond 0

Only One Real Life, by Dexter Fellows – an excerpt from This Way to the Big Show, 1936 The laugh-clown-laugh theme is as old as the […]

Joseph Grimaldi as Clown

Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi

June 2, 2012 tom.raymond 0

Product description of Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi by Charles Dickens, Joseph Grimaldi Joseph Grimaldi (1778 – 1837), one of the greatest English clowns and pantomimes […]

Joseph Grimaldi as Clown

Joseph Grimaldi – the healing power of humor

June 1, 2012 tom.raymond 0

An example of the healing power of humor from the life of Joseph Grimaldi “In the July of this year a very extraordinary circumstance occurred […]

Joseph Grimaldi as Clown

Joseph Grimaldi, father of modern clowning

May 31, 2012 tom.raymond 0

Joseph Grimaldi (December 18, 1778 – May 31, 1837) Inducted into the 1990 Clown Hall of Fame, Joseph Grimaldi was one of the greatest English […]