Update: Dr Griffith made a complete Fool of herself! Everyone else was tremendous. Trala!
London Metropolitan Archives, 40 Northampton Road, London EC1R 0HB.
| 10.00 | Dr Eva Griffith, Introduction: ‘What is a “Clown”?’ |
| 10.15 | ‘Anthrax the Clown is made up!’ With Reannon Tapp and Lu Lu, his beautiful assistants and Sensei Dan, his cross manager A miming clown dons his make-up and tells us all about it |
| 10.45 | Amanda Engineer (St Bartholomew’s Archives): ‘Rahere, the Fool who Founded St Barts’ |
| 11.15 | Introductory workshop by Elliott Ross (Commedia Works): ‘The Commedia Hierarchy: Arlecchino, Pantalone, Magnfico and Friends – It’s in the body…’ |
| 12.00 | Dr Griffith: ‘With Bells On: Shakespearean Clowns in the plays and the archives’ |
| 1.00 | Lunch – bring a picnic |
| 2.00 | Claire Smith (BFI): ‘Clara Bow takes a bow: early 20th-century funny women on film’ |
| 2.30 | Mattie Faint (Clowns’ Gallery-Museum): ‘The Life and Times of Joseph Grimaldi’ |
| 3.15 | A walk to Grimaldi’s home and workplace and his grave in Pentonville Road |
| 4.00 | End |
