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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). Biography [ edit ] Born in Elmira , New York and educated at Holderness School and Amherst College (class of 1886), William Clyde Fitch wrote over 60 plays, 36 of them original, ranging ...
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Added: Apr 25, 1998. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 1364. Source citation. Playwright. Born in Elmira, New York, he would write over 60 plays in his lifetime, 36 of them original, which varied from social comedies and farces to melodrama and historical dramas. An the only child to live to adulthood, his father, a Union Army officer in the Civil War ...
Shortly before Fitch's death, he gave an address at Yale on his emerging dramatic technique, which confirmed his intention to move away from the matinee girl; see Fitch, Clyde, “The Play and the Public,” in Fitch, Clyde, Plays by Clyde Fitch, ed. Moses, Montrose J. and Gerson, Virginia (Boston, 1921), 4: xv –xlviiGoogle Scholar.
Oct 31, 2008 · Here’s the abstract: Clyde Fitch was the most famous playwright of the early twentieth century, but today no one studies him. The disconnect between his fame in his lifetime and his obscurity after death points to a major historiographical problem, a problem that began in Fitch’s own day. Fitch’s numerous contemporary critics, many of ...
Clyde Fitch. Writer: The City. 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).
Apr 30, 2024 · Last Updated: Apr 24, 2024 • Article History. Born: June 19, 1856, New York, N.Y., U.S. Died: Jan. 22, 1933, New York City (aged 76)
