Fitch, [William] Clyde
Fitch, [William] Clyde( 1865–1909),author of more than 30 popular plays, usually vehicles for specific stars. Barbara Frietchie (1899) was written for Julia Marlowe, Nathan Hale (1899) for Nat Goodwin, Beau Brummell (1890) for Richard Mansfield, and Her Great Match (1905) for Maxine Elliott. Fitch was extremely versatile, writing farces, society dramas, historical plays, and problem plays, always with an understanding of what would be effective on the stage. Serious studies of the social, financial, and political aspects of New York City are contained in The Climbers (1901) and The City (1909). His popular farce, Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines (1901), was revised in 1925 as a musical comedy. The Girl with the Green Eyes (1902), a psychological study of jealousy, is generally considered to be his most important work. His collected plays were edited by M.J. Moses (1915).
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