William L. Slout

William Lawrence Slout

William Lawrence Slout (July 17, 1923 – February 4, 2017) was an American professor of theater at California State University, San Bernardino. He wrote Olympians of the Sawdust Circle and other reference books on circus history.^[1]

Biography

Slout was born on July 17, 1923, in Charlotte, Michigan.^[2] 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.^[3]

Slout died in Redlands, California, on February 4, 2017, at the age of 93.^[4][5]

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 978-0-89370-462-9
• Popular Amusements in Horse and Buggy America ISBN 978-0-89370-461-2
• Broadway Below the Sidewalk ISBN 978-0-8095-1301-7
• The Theatrical Rambles of Mr. And Mrs. John Greene ISBN 978-0-8095-0306-3
• Clowns and Cannons ISBN 978-0-8095-1304-8
• Amphitheatres and Circuses ISBN 978-0-913960-33-2
• Ink From a Circus Press Agent ISBN 978-0-8095-1302-4
• A Royal Coupling ISBN 978-0-89370-013-3
• A Clown's Log ISBN 978-0-8095-1307-9
• Grand Entrée (with Stuart Thayer) ISBN 978-0-8095-1309-3
• Chilly Billy ISBN 978-0-89370-012-6

References

1. "The Master and the Mademoiselle". Theatre History Studies. January 1, 2007. Retrieved 2011-12-15. According to circus historian William Slout ...
2. "William Lawrence Slout". U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940–1947. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
3. Slout, William Lawrence (1996). About William Slout. ISBN 9780893704636. William L. Slout recently retired from his position as Professor of Theatre Arts at California State University, San Bernardino. Before embarking on his twenty-four-year academic career, Slout was a working ...
4. "William L. Slout". ISFDB. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
5. Hubin, Allen J. "New Addenda #18". Crime Fiction IV: A Comprehensive Bibliography 1749–2000. Retrieved 6 December 2022.

External links

• Circus History