The Pantomime Life of Joseph Grimaldi

by McConnell Scott, Andrew

  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