Clyde Fitch (May 2, 1865 - September 4, 1909) was an American dramatist. Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 476 - Romulus Augustus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is a person who writes dramatic literature or Drama.
Born William Clyde Fitch at Elmira, New York, he wrote over 60 plays, 36 of them original, which varied from social comedies and farces to melodrama and historical dramas. Elmira is a City in Chemung County, New York, USA. It is the principal city of the 'Elmira New York Metropolitan Statistical Area
As the only child to live to adulthood, his father, Captain William G. Fitch, a graduate of West Point and a Union officer in the Civil War, encouraged him to become an architect or to engage in a career of business, but his mother, Alice Clark, in whose eyes he could do no wrong, always believed in his talent. "USMA" redirects here For other uses see USMA (disambiguation The United States Military Academy (also known as USMA, Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South An architect is a licensed individual who leads a design team in the Planning and Design of buildings and participates in oversight of Building Construction She would hire the architectural firm of Hunt & Hunt to design the sarcophagus set inside an open Tuscan temple for his final resting place at Woodlawn Cemetery in Bronx, New York. A sarcophagus is a Funeral receptacle for a Corpse, most commonly carved or cut from stone Among the Classical orders of Architecture, the Tuscan order's place in the architectural canon is disputed Fitch graduated from Amherst College in 1886, where he was a member of Chi Psi Fraternity. Amherst College is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA. Chi Psi Fraternity, ΧΨ is a fraternity consisting of more than 30 chapters (known as "Alphas" at American colleges and universities
He was the first American playwright to publish his plays. A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is a person who writes dramatic literature or Drama. His first work of note was Beau Brummell (1890) a major work set in the English Regency, which became a showcase for actor Richard Mansfield (1854-1907), who would play the title role for the rest of his life. Beau Brummell, né George Bryan Brummell (7 June 1778 London, England &ndash, Caen, France was the Arbiter of men's Artistic trends Regency architecture Regency fashions Regency dance Regency novels Richard Mansfield ( May 24 1857 - August 30 1907) was an Anglo-American Actor born in Berlin best known for his performances His 1892 play Masked Ball (an adaption from Alexandre Bisson's Le Veglione) would be the first time that Charles Frohman put Maude Adams opposite John Drew which led to many future successes. Alexandre Charles Auguste Bisson ( April 9, 1848 - January 27, 1912) was an important French Playwright, Vaudeville Charles Frohman ( July 15 1856 – May 7, 1915) was a Jewish American theatrical producer This article is about Maude Adams the stage actress For the Swedish actress see Maud Adams. John Drew may refer to John Drew (actor John Drew Jr John Drew (basketball See also In 1900 Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines, made a star of Ethel Barrymore. Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines is an opera in three acts by Jack Beeson written in 1975 to a libretto by Sheldon Harnick after the play by Clyde Fitch Ethel Barrymore ( August 15, 1879 – June 18, 1959) was an Academy Award -winning American actress and a member of
He is remembered particularly for his works such as Nathan Hale (1898), The Climbers (1901), The Girl with the Green Eyes (which ran 108 performances at the Savoy Theatre in 1902, and starred Robert Drouet as John Austin), The Woman In the Case, (which also starred Drouet and ran 89 performances at the Herald Square Theatre in 1905),The Truth (1907) and The City (1909). Nathan Hale ( June 6, 1755 &ndash September 22, 1776) was an officer for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary The Savoy Theatre is a West End theatre located in the Strand in the City of Westminster, London England Robert Drouet ( March 27, 1870 - August 17, 1914) was an American actor and playwright ' The Truth is a play in four acts by Clyde Fitch, first performed in 1906(some sources say 1907 His works were popular on both sides of the Atlantic. His play based on the heroine of John Greenleaf Whittier's poem Barbara Frietchie met with mixed reviews in 1899 because of the romance he added to the tale, but it would be successfully revived a number of times. John Greenleaf Whittier (December 17 1807 &ndash September 7 1892 was an influential American Quaker Poet and ardent advocate of the abolition of Slavery "Barbara Frietchie The Frederick Girl" is a play in four acts by Clyde Fitch and based on the heroine of John Greenleaf Whittier 's poem "Barbara Frietchie" In 1896 he wrote the lyrics to a popular song Love Makes The World Go 'Round, with the arrangement by William Furst.
His career spanned a brief two decades, but he earned upwards of $250,000 from his plays at a time when a dollar a day was the working wage. He directed a few of his plays and was closely involved in the production of them all. Working with Edith Wharton he wrote and directed the stage adaptation of The House of Mirth in 1906. Edith Wharton ( January 24 1862 &ndash August 11 1937) was an American Novelist, Short story Writer The House of Mirth (1905 He was the first American playwright to be taken seriously and at one time managed to have five plays running simultaneously on Broadway. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located
A generous host with an engaging personality he was renowned as a raconteur. His invitations in Greenwich, Connecticut at "Quiet Corner" were sought after. Greenwich is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. A close friend of Elsie de Wolfe, she would help him find many of the furnishings for this house as well as others. Elsie de Wolfe (also known as Lady Mendl) ( December 20, 1865 ? &ndash July 12, 1950) was a pioneering professional interior At one point she said "he knows more about women, than most women know about themselves. " A dandy by his early teens, he knew that in school he was seen as a sissy, but he said, "I would rather be misunderstood than lose my independence. "
Correspondence of the time point to a likely relationship, however brief, with Oscar Wilde. Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900 was an Irish Playwright, Novelist, poet and Author of He suffered from attacks of appendicitis, but refused his American doctor's recommendation of surgery, instead trusting the specialists in Europe who assured him that they could effect a cure over time without surgery. Appendicitis (or epityphlitis) is a condition characterized by Inflammation of the appendix.
While staying at the Hotel de la Haute Mère de Dieu [1] at Châlons-sur-Marne, France, he suffered what would be a fatal attack. Châlons-en-Champagne is a city and commune in France. It is the administrative centre ( Préfecture) of both the département This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. He underwent surgery by a local doctor, rather than travel to Paris, and died from blood poisoning. His body was returned from France where it was entombed for a time in the Swan Callendar Mausoleum at Woodlawn Cemetery which belonged to a friend.
In 1910 the body was removed and taken to New Jersey for cremation and the ashes were returned to the Swan Callendar Mausoleum until the Hunt & Hunt monument was finished. New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. His ashes were then placed in the sarcophagus where his parents' ashes would later join his own.
Trivia
- Barbara Stanwyck took her name from a combination of the name of his play Barbara Frietchie and this play's star, British actress, Joan Stanwyck. Barbara Stanwyck ( July 16, &ndash January 20,) was an American actress, a star of film and television known during her 60-year career as a
Publications
- Montrose Jonas Moses, The American Dramatist (Boston, 1911)
- Winter, The Wallet of Time (two volumes, New York, 1913)
External links
- Clyde Fitch at the Internet Movie Database
- Clyde Fitch's biographic sketch at Find A Grave
- Works by Clyde Fitch at Project Gutenberg
- Encyclopedia Britannica
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