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

The Pantomime Life of Joseph Grimaldi

Laughter, Madness and the Story of Britain's Greatest Comedian

2008 • 465 pages

The son of a deranged Italian immigrant, Joseph Grimaldi was the most celebrated of English clowns. 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.


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