William L. Slout
William L. Slout was a professor of theater at California State University, San Bernardino. He wrote Olympians of the Sawdust Circle and other books on circus history.[1]
Biography
He served in World War II and received a B.A. from Michigan State University in 1947 and an M.A. from Utah State University in 1953. He received a Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles.[2]
Publications
Author
- Theatre in a Tent: The Development of a Provincial Entertainment (1972) ISBN 0-87972-028-X
- Olympians of the Sawdust Circle (1998) ISBN 0-8095-0310-7
Editor
- Life upon the Wicked Stage: A Visit to the American Theatre of the 1860s, 1870s, and 1880s As Seen in the Pages of the New York Clipper (Clipper Studies in the Theatre, No. 14, 1996) ISBN 0-89370-463-6
- Old Gotham Theatricals ISBN 978-0893704629
- Popular Amusements in Horse and Buggy America ISBN 978-0893704612
- Broadway Below the Sidewalk ISBN 978-0809513017
- The Theatrical Rambles of Mr. And Mrs. John Greene ISBN 978-0809503063
- Clowns and Cannons ISBN 978-0809513048
- Amphitheatres and Circuses ISBN 978-0913960332
- Ink From a Circus Press Agent ISBN 978-0809513024
- A Royal Coupling ISBN 978-0893700133
- A Clown's Log ISBN 978-0809513079
- Grand Entrée (with Stuart Thayer) ISBN 978-0809513093
- Chilly Billy ISBN 978-0893700126
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