Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: The Moth and the Flame

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: The Moth and the Flame, by Clyde Fitch This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: The Moth and the Flame Author: Clyde Fitch Editor: Montrose J. Moses Release Date: June 2, 2008 [EBook #25531] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MOTH AND THE FLAME *** Produced by David Starner, Diane Monico, and The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net THE MOTH AND THE FLAME Clyde Fitch [Pg 523]CLYDE FITCH (1865-1909) Clyde Fitch brought a vivacity to the American stage that no other American playwright has thus far succeeded in emulating. The total impression of his work leads one to believe that he also brought to the American stage a style which was at the same time literary and distinctly his own. His personality was interesting and lovable, quickly responsive to a variety of human nature. No play of his was ever wholly worthless, because of that personal equation which lent youth and spontaneity to much of his dialogue.