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Clyde Fitch and the American Theatre by"Kevin Lane Dearinger"
Clyde Fitch (1865-1909) was the most successful and prolific dramatist of his time, producing nearly sixty plays in a twenty-year career. He wrote witty comedies, chaotic farces, homespun dramas, star vehicles, historical works, stark melodramas, and adaptations of European successes, but he was best known for his society plays, mirroring themes found in the novels of Henry James and Edith Wharton. In fact, Fitch collaborated with Wharton on a stage adaptation of her House ofMirth. He was also a gay man, although that gentler adjective was not the term of his time. He was bullied in school and baited by critics throughout his career for what they supposed of his private life. He responded with impressive strength and integrity. He was, at least for a short time, Oscar Wilde’s lover, and Wilde influenced his early plays, but Fitch’s study of Ibsen and other European dramatists inspired him to pursue the course of naturalism. As he became more successful, he took greater control of the staging and design of his plays. He was a complete man of the theatre and among the first names enrolled in New York’s theatrical hall of fame.
Clyde Fitch and the American Theatre
By:"Kevin Lane Dearinger"
Published on 2016-07-29 by Rowman & Littlefield
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Ebook Title : Clyde Fitch and the American Theatre
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ISBN_13 Code : 9781611479485
ISBN_10 Code : 1611479487
Book Print Type : BOOK
Rank : 29 for keyword gambling lingo
Book Author :"Kevin Lane Dearinger"
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Book Pages Count : 606
Print Type : BOOK
Book's Categories :"Literary Criticism"
Books Language : en
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