Ken Feit performance poster courtesy of Jef Lambdin [post 309] My October series honoring the 72nd birthday of the late, great "i...

[post 213] Never content to rest on his clown laurels, nor to just stick with well-paying movie gigs, Bill Irwin has consistently returned...

[post 181] Here's a riddle for you: what do the sticky floors of New York City subway cars and dusty, musty books on Elizabethan drama...

[post 075] Fous et Bouffons: un Etude Physiologique, Psychologique et Historique (Fools & Buffoons: A Physiological, Psychological, and...

[post 073] It turns out Erasmus is not just the name of a high school in New York City. Apparently before he was a high school — about 500 y...

[post 071] The standard entry on fools and jesters usually makes mention of Shakespeare's jester characters, especially the fool in King...

[post 070] The History of Court Fools by John Doran This is a 389-page monster of a book written by Dr. John Doran (1807-1878) and publishe...

[post 045] Hmm... Fools, Natural and Artificial ... what a topic! This was my opening chapter, though actually written towards the end. In ...

[post 044] Chapter 1 from my book, Clowns: A Panoramic History It's been my intention to get my entire Clowns book up on the blog, but...