Pantomime Life of Joseph Grimaldi: Laughter, Madness and The Story of Britain's Greatest Comedian

Pantomime Life of Joseph Grimaldi: Laughter, Madness and The Story  of Britain's Greatest Comedian by Stott Andrew McConnell


ISBN
9781847672957
Published
Released
01 / 01 / 2010
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
464
Dimensions
161 x 242 x 38mm

The son of a deranged Italian immigrant, Joseph Grimaldi (1778-1837) was the most celebrated of English clowns. The first to use white face make-up and wear outrageous coloured clothes, he transformed the role of the Clown in the pantomime with a look as iconic as Chaplin's tramp or Tommy Cooper's magician. One of the first celebrity comedians, his friends included Lord Byron and the actor Edmund Kean, and his memoirs were edited by the young Charles Dickens.

Drawing on a wealth of source material, Stott has written the definitive biography of Grimaldi and a highly nuanced portrait of Georgian theatre in London.
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