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The Pantomime Life of Joseph Grimaldi - Laughter, Madness and the Story of Britain's Greatest Comedian (Paperback, Main)
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The Pantomime Life of Joseph Grimaldi - Laughter, Madness and the Story of Britain's Greatest Comedian (Paperback, Main)
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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
completely 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. But underneath the stage paint, Grimaldi struggled
with depression and his life was blighted with tragedy. His first
wife died in childbirth and his son would go on to drink himself to
death. The outward joy and tomfoolery of his performances masked a
dark and depressing personal life, and instituted the modern figure
of the glum, brooding comedian. Joseph Grimaldi left an indelible
mark on the English theatre and the performing arts, but his legacy
is one of human struggle, battling demons and giving it his all in
the face of adversity.
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