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Bruce is internationally recognized as a clown 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.

Multicultural Clowns

Early Female Clowns

Native American Clowns

Nat Wills

Marie Dressler

The Creation of Clarabell

Felix Adler

Bill Irwin

Richard Snowberg

Meadowlark Lemon

Victor Borge

List of International Clown Hall Of Fame Inductees

In Memory: Fred "Mombo" Petrick

 

The Banana Man

 

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To read more about clown history, check the publications by Bruce "Charlie" Johnson

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