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Have you ever seen a clown?

Have clowns always looked like me?

What did the first clowns look like?

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Some of the very first clowns were jestersjestersjestersjesters. Hundreds of years ago, during a time that we call the Middle Ages, jesters performed for kings and queens.

All royal palaces had entertainers.

The entertainment included music, juggling, puppetry, poetry and riddles.

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Almost 500 years ago, King Henry VIII had his own jester who was called Will Sommers.

King Henry playing the harp with Will Sommers next to him.

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Jesters were expected to make the king laugh with their funny stories and silly tricks.

The painting shows what a Jester would have looked like in his fancy clothes decorated with tinkling bells.Sa

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Do you know the nursery rhyme, Old King Cole?

Nobody really knows who Old King Cole was or even if he was supposed to be a real king but, if he was a real king, he probably had a jester, just like King Henry.

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Over the years, things change. When jesters became less popular, Harlequin clownsHarlequin clownsHarlequin clownsHarlequin clowns appeared in the Italian theatre around 500 years ago.

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Harlequin clowns always wore tight costumes that were made in bright colours with diamond-shaped patterns.

They also wore black half-masks and white ruffled collars.

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These paintings of Harlequin were painted by a famous Spanish painter called Pablo Picasso.

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After Harlequin came the Pierrot clownsPierrot clownsPierrot clownsPierrot clowns.

They had big pom-poms, like hugebuttons, down the front of their

loose white tunics and on the front of their pointed hats.

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They usually wore ruffled collars and, they were the first clowns to wear white makeup.

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This is a painting by Pablo Picasso.

It was painted in 1918 and is called Pierrot.

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In Italy a theatre group began to perform an act called HarlequinadeHarlequinadeHarlequinadeHarlequinade. The characters were Harlequin, Pierrot, Columbine, Clown and Pantaloon. They soon became popular in other countries.

Their act was like a pantomime.

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Pierrot was a character, like a sad clown.

He loved Columbine but she always broke his heart and kept on leaving him to be with Harlequin.Sample Slide


Pantaloon was a greedy merchant and the father of Columbine. In the pantomime he refuses to allow Harlequin to marry his daughter.

Because of that, Harlequin and Clown play tricks on Pantaloon.

Columbine

Pantaloon

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This is a very old photograph of Harlequin and Clown.

Clown made people laugh by doing silly things and playing practical jokes on the other characters.

He would trip people up, fall on them and get into lots of trouble.Sa

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The pantomime was so popular that famous artists painted pictures of the characters.

This painting by a French artist called Andre Derainshows Harlequin and Pierrot. It was painted around 100 years ago.Sample Slide


This is a painting of Harlequin and Columbine by another French artist called Edgar Degas.

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One person who played Clown in the Harlequinade became a very famous clown.

His name was Joseph Joseph Joseph Joseph GrimaldiGrimaldiGrimaldiGrimaldi.

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Every year, on the first Sunday in February, at the Holy Trinity Church in Dalston, East London, something very unusual happens and it has something to do with Joseph Grimaldi.

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Clowns come from everywhere and crowd into the church to attend a service in memory of a clown who lived long ago.

His name was Joseph Joseph Joseph Joseph GrimaldiGrimaldiGrimaldiGrimaldi.Sa

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www.ks1resources.co.ukA clown arriving at the church

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Inside Holy Trinity Church there is a Grimaldi Grimaldi Grimaldi Grimaldi CornerCornerCornerCorner with a stained glass window that celebrates Joseph Grimaldi’s life and his work as a clown.

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The clowns dress up in their colourful clown costumes.

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Then they go into church to sing hymns and hear words spoken about this famous clown.

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Everyone crowds into the church with the clowns.

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After the service a free clown show takes place in the school hall across the road from the church.

There’s lots of fun for everyone!Sa

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Who was Joseph Grimaldi?

Joseph Grimaldi was a famous clown.

He was born in London in 1778, more than 200 years ago.Sample Slide


He wore the famous white makeup and other clowns soon began to copy him so that they wore white makeup too.

He was the also first clown to colour his mouth and paint triangles on his cheeks.

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Joseph Grimaldi had his portrait painted on an egg. Eggs with clown faces on them were kept as a record so that no other clown could copy their makeup designs.

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As other clowns copied his white face, they too made their faces more colourful .

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Today, nearly 200 years after Joseph Grimaldi died, clowns still remember him on the first Sunday of every February as they get dressed up and attend a Church Service in his memory.

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