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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Dearinger, Kevin Lane (1951-....)
Titre(s) : Clyde Fitch and the American theatre [Texte imprimé] : an olive in the cocktail / Kevin Lane Dearinger
Publication : Madison : Fairleigh Dickinson university press ; Lanham : Copublished by the Rowman
& Littlefield publishing group, Inc., 2016
Description matérielle : xiv, 591 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"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 of Mirth. 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."--Publisher's description
Sujet(s) : Fitch, Clyde (1865-1909)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781611479478. - ISBN 1611479479 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45284560c
Notice n° :
FRBNF45284560
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