William L. Slout
# William L. 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.

## Biography

Slout was born on July 17, 1923, in Charlotte, Michigan. 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.

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

## 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
