The pantomime life of Joseph Grimaldi : laughter, madness and the story of Britain's greatest comedian /
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Author / Creator: | Stott, Andrew McConnell, 1969- |
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Imprint: | Edinburgh ; New York : Canongate Books, 2009. |
Description: | 1 online resource (xxvii, 433 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) |
Language: | English |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11258718 |
Table of Contents:
- PART ONE. 1778-1800: The wonders of Derbyshire
- The wizard of the silver rocks
- Harlequin's frolics
- The flying world
- PART TWO. 1800-10: The magic of Mona
- The spirit of the waters
- Mother Goose
- The forty virgins
- PART THREE. 1811-37: Harlequin in his element
- The orphan of Peru
- Poor Robin
- The libertine destroyed
- Epilogue.