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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 ...
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. A prolific writer, he produced 33 original ...
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Sapho (play) Sapho was a 1900 American play by Clyde Fitch, based on an 1884 French novel of the same name by Alphonse Daudet and an 1885 play by Daudet and Adolphe Belot. [1] [2] It was at the center of a sensational New York City indecency trial involving the play's star and producer/director, Olga Nethersole.
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). His career would barely span 20 years, but he proved extremely prolific ...
- May 2, 1865
- September 4, 1909
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). He became known as the "Maker of Actresses" and launched the careers of numerous leading ladies of the period, including Maude Adams , Ethel Barrymore , Maxine Elliott, and Clara Bloodgood.
W. Clyde Fitch (AC 1886) was a prolific and highly successful American playwright best known for plays of social satire and character study. Notable for having four of his plays running concurrently on Broadway, he went on to write and produce, in a twenty-year period, thirty-six original plays, twenty-one adaptations, and five dramatizations of novels.
