Clown History
Bruce is internationally recognized as a clown historian. He is the official 2009-2010 World Clown Association Historian.
His presentation on the history of American clowning was one of only five papers chosen for the 1993 World Clown Congress in Harnosand, Sweden.
He is the author of Jest In Time: A Clown Chronology and The Tramp Tradition. For six years he wrote and published The Clown In Times, a quarterly journal devoted to clown history. He has had numerous articles on clown history published in magazines for clowns. He has created Clown Through The Twentieth Century: An Exhibition of Clown Art, an educational art exhibit tracing the development and evolution of clowning during the twentieth century.
He is the author of the Creativity For Entertainers trilogy. The relevance of clown history to modern clowns and how it is a source for information and inspiration is covered in this three volume course in creativity.
Here are some short articles on the history of clowning. They have all been excerpted from one of Bruce's publications. If you are interested in learning more about a subject, please see the original publication.
Click on a title to read the article.
Types of Clown Definitions (Exclusive and Inclusive)
In Memory: Fred "Mombo" Petrick
List of International Clown Hall Of Fame Inductees
Overview of Clown History from Ancent Pharoahs to Modern Times
