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Portrait of Clyde Fitch. William Clyde Fitch (May 2, 1865 – September 4, 1909) was an American dramatist, the most popular writer for the Broadway stage of his time (c. 1890–1909).
Apr 30, 2024 · Clyde Fitch (born May 2, 1865, Elmira, New York, U.S.—died September 4, 1909, Châlons-sur-Marne, France) was an American playwright best known for plays of social satire and character study. Fitch graduated from Amherst College in 1886. In New York City he began writing short stories for magazines.
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Mini Bio. Born into an upper-class family in Elmira, NY, the son of an army officer and an indulging socialite, Clyde Fitch would become the first major American playwright, ending European-sourced dominance of the American stage (somewhat ironic, seeing that many of his plays were set abroad). His career would barely span 20 years, but he ...
- May 2, 1865
- September 4, 1909
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William Clyde Fitch was the first American dramatist whose name was sufficiently well-known to attract people to the theater. Fitch spent ten of his boyhood years in Schenectady.
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(1865–1909). The U.S. playwright Clyde Fitch is best known for plays of social satire and character study. He excelled in comedy, realistic dialogue, and theater technique, but the popularity of his plays hardly exceeded his own lifetime. William Clyde Fitch was born in Elmira, N.Y., on May 2, 1865.
