Monsieur & Master Hyacenthe Longuemare - Aquatic Theatre, Sadler's Wells - Playbill August 19,1816(Joseph Grimaldi)Single sheet. 1816. Very Good. Chipping to bottom. Joseph Grimaldi (1779 1837) is one of the most influential comic actors and celebrated clowns of all time. He transformed comic theatre and left a legacy still seen in pantomime today. He is generally regarded as the first modern clown. He had a long and storied connection with Sadlers Wells, making his first public appearance there under this name as an infant dancer (1881). Eventually he purchased a