Fore’s Print Shop 1
Fortunatos 1
Foster, Lady Elizabeth 1
The Four Georges (Thackeray, W. M.) 1
Four-in-Hand Club 1
Fox, Charles James 1
France 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 Grimaldi departure from 1, 2
Revolution in 1
struggle against 1
victory against 1
Frankenstein (Shelley, M) 1
Fry, Stephen 1
Furibond; or, Harlequin Negro 1
Garrick, David 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
death of 1
Gazetteer 1
Gentleman’s Magazine 1, 2
George Barnwell 1
George Frederick, Prince of Wales 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
George III 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
George IV 1, 2, 3, 4
Gifford, William 1n
Giroux, Miss (Colombine) 1
The Globe 1
Glossop, Joseph 1
Goethe, Johann von 1
Gog and Magog 1
Goodwin, Thomas 1, 2, 3, 4
Goody Two Shoes; or, Harlequin Alabaster 1
Gordon Riots 1
Graham, Aaron 1, 2, 3
Grande Troupe Étrangère 1
Gravesend 1
Gray’s Inn 1
The Great Devil 1
Great Wild Street 1, 2
The Greek Family 1
Greenwich 1, 2
‘Grim-All-Day at Breakfast’ 1
Grimaldi, Catherine 1, 2
Grimaldi, Cavaliero Nicolini 1n
Grimaldi, Giuseppe (the ‘Signor’) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 backstage rancour, specialty in sowing 1
burial of 1
cruel and neglectful spouse 1
death in Brighton of 1, 2, 3
dentistry, employment in 1, 2
Dibdin and, disastrous association 1
dispute with Garrick 1
elusiveness of 1
emergence as formidable talent 1
in England at King’s Theatre, Haymarket 1
failing health, first signs of 1
‘fallen off a cliff at Margate’ 1
irrational superstitions of 1
madness of 1
marriage to Mary Blagden 1
mimicking death 1
morbidity, shadow over family of 1, 2
Paris fairs, apprenticeship in 1
poisonous volume by Pasquin, appearance in 1
reputation, growth in 1
syphilis, contraction of 1
training children, disastrous appointment 1
ubiquitous (and toxic) nature of 1
will of, divisive nature of 1
Grimaldi, John (Baptist), brother of Joseph 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
on birth of 1
Grimaldi, John Baptist (father of Giovanni) 1, 2
Grimaldi, John Baptist (Giovanni Battista) 1, 2, 3, 4n career decline 1
dancer and dentist 1
exit from France, arrival in London (1742) 1
‘Iron Legs’, short-lived celebrity for 1
Grimaldi, Joseph 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 accusation of bad faith with Cross 1
‘Adieu to the Stage, and Advice to His Son’ 1
ancestry of 1n
ascendency over Dubois 1
audience calm, appeal for (in return to Sadler’s Wells) 1
backstage collapse 1
benefit in Covent Garden refused by Kemble 1
Birmingham, in support of Louisa 1
birth of 1
birth of Joseph Samuel William (JS) 1
blissful contentment and professional advancement 1
Bologna and “unrivalled” 1
broken collarbone 1
burglary victim 1
Byron and, friendship between 1
cameo performance, offer of 1
celebrity, phenomenon of 1
censure in celebrity of 1
cheated by Newland 1
Cheltenham waters for 1, 2, 3
Clown ‘all over’ 1
‘clown atrocity,’ explosive insanity and 1
Clown performances, three in one
night (1815) 1
Coburg in Vauxhall, work at 1
comedy, genesis of modern idea of 1
comic acting, virtuoso displays of 1
confidence, growing with each performance 1
construction, tricks of 1
contract extension from Hughes 1
conviviality with the Farmers 1, 2
courted by Cross 1
cue-making rush 1
dangerous indisposition of 1
death and burial of 1
death of Maria in childbirth 1, 2, 3
decline in absence of Dibdin 1
depression, fame and resurgence of 1
and Dibdin, falling out 1
disarming nature of 1
double booking (and termination of contract by Kemble) 1
Drury Lane, benefit night at 1
Drury Lane again, revival of Amulet 1
Drury Lane reinstatement 1
to Dublin with Ellar and JS 1
emotional homunculus 1
‘encyclopaedia of wit’ 1
evidence from, at Mackoull’s trial 1
experimentation, slowing tempo 1
Farley and 1
father relationship 1, 2, 3
and Fawcett, spat with 1
final triumph at Drury Lane 1
financial precariousness of 1
fired by Dibdin 1
flagging health 1
fool and money, easily parted 1
on Giuseppe, a ‘severe but excellent parent’ 1
gravedigger in Hamlet at Drury Lane 1
grief at death of Maria 1, 2
Grimalkin revived at Sadler’s Wells 1
health concerns 1, 2, 3, 4
helpless onlooker on JS’ behaviour 1
home in Islington (for last time) 1
Hughes, Maria, infatuation with 1
Hughes, Maria, secret courtship with 1, 2
Hussar (and jokes about soldiers) 1
immobility and infirmity 1
‘infernal foolery’ of 1
Islington, attachment to 1
John Bullism 1
Jordan, Dora, attraction to 1
‘Last Appearance on the Islington Stage’ 1
last contract at Covent Garden 1
last visit to the Wells 1
laughter to restore hearing and speech 1
legacy 1
let go from the Wells for the last time 1
Mackoull and 1, 2, 3
management inadequacies of 1
marriage to Maria 1
marriage to Mary 1
Mary’s pregnancy 1
maudlin letters from 1
memoirs, dictation of 1
mime, reputation for 1
Mother Goose, revival at Haymarket 1
move with Mary to smaller house 1
new look and new identity 1 obituary 2
at Old Bailey in defence of Watts 1
painful visits to leading doctors 1
pantomimical amusements, learning
under Dubois (and denial of) 1
parodies of fashionable pastimes 1
patents and minor theatres, interest
in struggle between 1
permission to marry Maria,
asking Hughes for 1
granted by Hughes 1
Pero in Robinson Crusoe 1
Peter Wilkins, triumph with with Dubois in 1 physical exertion on stage 1
power of attraction of name 1
precipitate theatrical interment, unready for 1
profligacy of Mary and 1, 2
promoted by Byrne 1
proprietorial responsibilities 1
props, fastidiousness about 1
provincial engagements 1
provincial touring 1, 2
recovery from grief for Maria 1
rehabilitation of JS,
efforts in 1, 2
reinstatement at Sadler’s Wells (and shareholding) 1
renown, undreamt-of heights 1
replaced by Paulo 1
retirement in face of reality 1
return from Woolwich 1
return to form (short-lived) 1
riverside cottage in Woolwich, move with Mary to 1
rumours of death of 1
Salmagundi at the Coburg 1
Scaramouch in Don Juan in maw of Covent Garden ticket price row 1
shadows and traces 1
shock of death of JS for 1
song-singing 1
Squire Bugle in Mother Goose, a triumph 1
stability in family life, attraction of 1
‘stiff as pitch,’ according to JS 1
submerged 1
suburban married life 1
succour for JS 1, 2, 3
summer salary cut at Wells 1
support for estranged son 1
supreme comic being 1
theatrical debut 1
theatrically dead 1
torment, talent for 1
touring in Kent 1, 2
transvestism of arrested sexuality 1
viewing father’s ‘corpse’ 1
violence against Mackoull, rare act 1, 2n
visit to Bradbury in madhouse 1n
visitation from (and disappearance of) brother John 1
visits from old friends 1
visual artistry of 1
Wild Man in Valentine and Orson,
watershed role for 1
Woolwich, Lund benefit at 1
work schedule, burden of 1
working with Dubois at Drury Lane 1
worries over JS and Sadler’s Wells 1
worse for wear at Birmingham 1
wounded in action 1
Grimaldi, Maria (formerly Hughes) 1 death in childbirth 1, 2, 3
expecting first child 1
Grimaldi, Marmozet 1
Grimaldi, Mary (formerly Bristow) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 birth of Joseph Samuel William (JS) 1
dangerous illness 1
death of 1
Dublin, wonderful time in 1
helpless onlooker on JS’ behaviour 1
pregnancy 1
shock of death of JS for 1
Grimaldi, Joseph Samuel William (JS) 1, 2, 3, 4 alienation from family of 1
best Clown, excepting his father 1
cosseted existence, tiring of 1
death of 1
début as Clown 1
decline of, acceleration of 1
Dickens on death of 1
disappearance on tour 1
distinct identity, desire for 1, 2
education 1
enthusiasm for theatre 1
expectation, unbearable weight of 1
father relationship 1, 2, 3
father’s role, taking over 1
financial irresponsibility 1
helping hand for father, last time 1
home with fever 1
imprisonment for debt 1
inquest into death of 1
intemperance 1
Kemble, Henry, and 1
last chance for 1
legacy 1
onstage debut 1
pantomime baton passed to 1
playing onstage with Grimaldi 1
praise for Covent Garden performance 1
reported dead, in error 1
retention at Covent Garden (as reduced salary) 1
rise to prominence 1
in shadow of famous father 1
sickly from birth 1, 2
sulphurous associations 1
suspicion over death of 1
thirtieth birthday celebration 1
turbulent lifestyle 1
unconscious and in custody 1
worsening behaviour of 1
Grimaldi, Thomas 1n
Grimaldi family, early days exquisite buffoons in, cartloads of 1
fearless and eccentric 1
parental incest, suspicion of 1
Guernsey 1
Gueulette, Thomas Simon 1
Gulliver’s Travels 1
Haddock’s Androides (automata) 1
Halford, Sir Henry 1
Halliday, Andrew 1
Hamblin, Thomas 1
Hamilton, George 1n
Hamlet 1, 2, 3
Hancock, Tony 1
Handel, George Frederic 1n, 2
Harlequin a Sorcerer 1
Harlequin Aesop 1
Harlequin Alchemist 1
Harlequin Amulet; or, the Magic of Mona 1, 2
Harlequin and Colombine 1
Harlequin and Fortunio; or, Shing-Moo and Thun Ton 1, 2n
Harlequin and Friar Bacon 1, 2
Harlequin and Little Red Riding Hood 1
Harlequin and Mother Bunch; or, the Yellow Dwarf 1
Harlequin and Mother Goose; or, the Golden Egg 1, 2 see also Mother Goose
Harlequin and Poor Robin; or, the House that Jack Built 1, 2, 3
Harlequin and the Ogress; or, the Sleeping Beauty of the Wood 1, 2
Harlequin and the Red Dwarf; or, the Adamantine Rock 1
Harlequin and the Swans 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Harlequin Asmodeus 1, 2, 3, 4
Harlequin Captive; or, the Magic Fire 1, 2
Harlequin Gulliver 1, 2
Harlequin Hoax 1
Harlequin in His Element; or, Fire, Water, Earth and Air 1, 2, 3
Harlequin Junior 1, 2
Harlequin Munchausen 1
Harlequin Out of Place 1
Harlequin Padmanaba; or, the Golden Fish 1, 2
Harlequin Whittington 1, 2n, 3
Harlequin’s Frolic 1
Harlequin’s Invasion 1
Harlequin’s Jubilee 1
Harlequin’s Wedding 1
Harley, John Pritt 1, 2
Harmer (Mackoull’s solicitor) 1, 2, 3, 4
Harris, George 1
Harris, Henry 1, 2, 3, 4
Harris, Thomas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Mother Goose, vote of no confidence in 1
rebirth of Covent Garden 1
Hartland, Frank 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Harvey, Jamie (‘James d’Egville’) 1, 2, 3
Hassan Khan, Mirza Abul, Persian ambassador 1
Haymarket 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Hazlitt, William 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Heathcoate, Robert 1
Helme, Miss 1
Henry VI 1
Hercules Hall, Lambeth 1
Here, There, and Everywhere 1
Hill, Susannah 1, 2
Holcroft, Thomas 1
Holland, Henry 1, 2
Hollingsworth, Tom 1
Home, John 1
Honner, Robert 1
Hood, Thomas 1
Hook, Theodore 1
Hopwood, Joseph 1, 2
‘Hot Codlins’ (Charles Dibdin) 1, 2, 3
Hough, William 1, 2
Hughes, Charles 1, 2
Hughes, John 1
Hughes, Julia 1
Hughes, Lucy 1, 2
Hughes, Maria 1, 2 marriage to Grimaldi 1
Hughes, Richard 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 contract extension talk with Grimaldi 1
death of 1, 2n
early beginnings 1
economy drive 1
management skills 1
marriage to Maria, request fom Grimaldi 1
power of 1
Hughes, Richard Jr 1, 2, 3, 4
Hughes, Sarah 1
Hughes, Sobieska Clementina 1
Humphry Clinker 1
Humphries, Richard 1
Hunt, Henry 1
Hunt, Leigh 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Hurly Burly 1, 2
Insolvent Debtor’s Act 1
intemperance 1
Jack in the Box; or, Harlequin and the Princess of the Hidden Island 1
Jack the Giant Killer 1
Jan Ben Jan; or, Harlequin and the Forty Virgins 1
; Jefferini on Garnault Place 1
Johannot, Richard 1
Johnson, Samuel 1, 2, 3
Jonathan in England 1
Jones’s Equestrian Amphitheatre, Whitechapel 1, 2, 3
Jordan, Dora 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Kean, Edmund 1, 2, 3 death of 1
Keats, John 1
Kelly, Fanny 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Kelly, Michael 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Kemble, Charles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
devastation of Covent Garden loss 1
sacking of JS 1
ticket price controversy at Covent Garden (and violent protests) 1, 2
Kemble, Henry Stephen 1, 2
Kemble, John Philip 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 pantomimists’ ‘albatross’ 1
retirement to Lausanne 1
termination of Grimaldi’s contract 1
Kemble, Roger 1, 3
Kennedy, Quintin 1, 2
King, Tom 1, 2, 3
King’s Theatre 1, 2, 3
Knight, Robert 1
Ko and Foa; or, the Belle Savage 1
Kotzebue, August von 1, 2
Lamb, Caroline 1
Lamb, Charles 1
The Laplanders 1
Laurel and Hardy 1
Laurent, Jean-Baptiste 1, 2
Laurent, Philippe 1, 2, 3n
Lawrence, Richard 1, 2n
Leno, Dan 1
Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld 1
Lewis, Charlotte 1, 2
Lewis, Matthew (‘Monk’) 1, 2
Lewis, Mrs 1, 2 and Lewis family 1
The Libertine Destroyed 1
Licensing Act 1
The Life and Death of Doctor Faustus Made Into a Farce 1
Lincoln’s Inn 1, 2
Lisle Street 1
Lister, Martin 1
Litchfield, Mrs 1
Little Russell Street 1
Lodoiska 1, 2, 3
London Chronicle 1, 2, 3
London Magazine 1
‘Long,’ ‘Bonny’ 1
Lonsdale, Mark 1
The Lord of the Manor 1
Loughborough, Baron and Lord Chancellor 1
Louisville Courier Journal 1n
Loutherbourg, Philippe de 1, 2
Love and Magic 1
Lovinski Castle 1
Luker, Sarah 1
Macbeth 1, 2, 3
Mackoull, John 1, 2n trial (and aquittal) 1
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