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- He underwent surgery by a local doctor rather than travel to Paris and died from blood poisoning aged 44.
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The gravesite of Clyde Fitch While staying at the Hotel de la Haute Mère de Dieu at Châlons-en-Champagne in France, he suffered what would be a fatal attack. He underwent surgery by a local doctor rather than travel to Paris and died from blood poisoning aged 44.
Mar 4, 2024 · Died: Jan. 22, 1933, New York City (aged 76) Elisabeth Marbury (born June 19, 1856, New York, N.Y., U.S.—died Jan. 22, 1933, New York City) was an American theatrical and literary agent who represented a stellar array of theatrical performers and writers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Sep 23, 2017 · Although not much remembered today, Clyde Fitch was the most important American playwright before Eugene O’Neill and the generation of writers that arose in the 1920’s. Fitch was also unbelievably prolific writing 62 plays (36 originals and 21 adaptions, plus five dramatizations of novels) between 1890 and 1909 when he died at the premature ...
Clyde Fitch died on September 4, 1909,one week after an operation for appendicitisin Châlons-sur-Marne, France, at age 44. Fitch was an avid collector of books, antiques and art, with which he filled his home at 113 East 40th St., New York City, as well as at his other homes at Katonah, New York, and Greenwich, Connecticut.
Nov 8, 2010 · On Fitch's college career performing female parts, see “Death of Clyde Fitch,” The Independent, Sept. 9, 1909, 614 Google Scholar. The reference to Fitch's aestheticism is likely a veiled allusion to Fitch's ambiguous sexual orientation, rumors about which persisted throughout his lifetime.
Oct 31, 2008 · 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.
Died: September 4, 1909 (aged 44) Cause of Death: Blood poisoning after an appendectomy. Historical Events. 1890-05-17 Clyde Fitch's play "Beau Brummel" premieres in NYC. 1901-01-21 Clyde Fitch's play "The Climbers" premieres in NYC. 1901-11-04 Clyde Fitch's stage play "Way of the World" opens at the Savoy Theatre, NYC; runs for 48 performances.
