CAN any local historian help me discover what my London-born great (x4) grandfather, Joseph Lardner, was doing performing as a comedian in Lytham, Colne and Clitheroe during the period 1820-25?

Was this part of a well-known circuit?

Any help will be gratefully received.

PAUL MOSS, 17 Church Road, Elmstead Market, Essex. CO7 7AT. E-mail: PMOSS13663@aol.com