author
Clyde Fitch
1865–1909
A star playwright of turn-of-the-century Broadway, he helped make American social comedy and character-driven drama feel fresh, modern, and unmistakably local. His plays captured the manners, ambitions, and anxieties of his era with wit and theatrical flair.
5 Audiobooks
The girl with the green eyes : A play in four acts
by Clyde Fitch
The climbers : A play in four acts
by Clyde Fitch
The Smart Set: Correspondence & Conversations
by Clyde Fitch
Her own way : A play in four acts
by Clyde Fitch
About the author
Born in Elmira, New York, in 1865, Clyde Fitch became one of the most successful American playwrights of his day. He studied at Amherst College and, after college, turned to writing in New York, building a career at a time when the American stage was still heavily influenced by European models.
Fitch was remarkably prolific, writing dozens of plays in a career that lasted only about two decades. He was especially known for social satire and close observation of manners, and his best-known works include Beau Brummell, The Climbers, The Girl with the Green Eyes, and The Truth. At one point, several of his plays were running on Broadway at the same time, a sign of just how popular he had become.
He died in 1909, but his place in theater history remains secure. Often described as the most popular writer for the Broadway stage of his time, he helped prove that American playwrights could create commercially successful, distinctly American drama for a wide audience.