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There is no writer, in my opinion, who is so much a painter and a black-and-white artist as Dickens. His figures are resurrections. --Vincent Van Gogh, letter to Anthon G. A. Ridder Van Rappard (March 1883)
The clown left the stage with Grimaldi, and though often heard of, has never since been seen. --Charles Dickens
Grimaldi is dead and hath left no peer. We fear with him the spirit of pantomime has disappeared. --London Illustrated News
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Joseph Grimaldi (1778 - 1837), one of the greatest English clowns and pantomimes of all time, was born in London to an Italian ballet-master and a dancer in the theatre s corps-de-ballet. The death of Grimaldi s father when he was nine plunged the family into debt. He was introduced to the stage at the age of two and began performing at the Sadler s Wells theatre at the age of three. Grimaldi s fame as a pantomime clown was unequalled and he is credited as an innovator. He introduced the tradition of audience participation, of poking fun at spectators, and presented to the world in his performance as Joey, the modern clown as a central character. He was the original 'Clown Joey', the term 'Joey' being used to describe clowns since his day. Of his own name he punned 'I am grim all day - but I make you laugh at night!' Yet he died a poor and physically crippled man. A memorial service is held every year in Hackney on the first Sunday in February attended by hundreds of clowns from all over the world and followed by a show for children.
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There is no writer, in my opinion, who is so much a painter and a black-and-white artist as Dickens. His figures are resurrections. --Vincent Van Gogh, letter to Anthon G. A. Ridder Van Rappard (March 1883)
The clown left the stage with Grimaldi, and though often heard of, has never since been seen. --Charles Dickens
Grimaldi is dead and hath left no peer. We fear with him the spirit of pantomime has disappeared. --London Illustrated News
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Joseph Grimaldi (1778 - 1837), one of the greatest English clowns and pantomimes of all time, was born in London to an Italian ballet-master and a dancer in the theatre s corps-de-ballet. The death of Grimaldi s father when he was nine plunged the family into debt. He was introduced to the stage at the age of two and began performing at the Sadler s Wells theatre at the age of three. Grimaldi s fame as a pantomime clown was unequalled and he is credited as an innovator. He introduced the tradition of audience participation, of poking fun at spectators, and presented to the world in his performance as Joey, the modern clown as a central character. He was the original 'Clown Joey', the term 'Joey' being used to describe clowns since his day. Of his own name he punned 'I am grim all day - but I make you laugh at night!' Yet he died a poor and physically crippled man. A memorial service is held every year in Hackney on the first Sunday in February attended by hundreds of clowns from all over the world and followed by a show for children.
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THE paternal grandfather of Joseph Grimaldi was well known, both to the French and Italian public, as an eminent dancer, possessing a most extraordinary degree of strength and agility, -qualities which, being brought into full play by the constant exercise of his frame in his professional duties, acquired for him the distinguishing appellation of "Iron Legs." Read the first page
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THE paternal grandfather of Joseph Grimaldi was well known, both to the French and Italian public, as an eminent dancer, possessing a most extraordinary degree of strength and agility, -qualities which, being brought into full play by the constant exercise of his frame in his professional duties, acquired for him the distinguishing appellation of "Iron Legs." Read the first page
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