Excerpt from Plays, Vol. 4 of 4 The career of the play, after this disastrous record, is of an entirely different nature, for it would seem that, from the moment it was pre sented in London, it began to be reckoned as one of Mr. Fitch's technical triumphs. He went to London for the Opening of The Truth and the day after the first performance he wrote: There was not a hiss nor a boo. But they cheered and cheered and shouted Bravo after every act; and at the end kept it up, and then began calling for me. I had decided not to ...
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Excerpt from Plays, Vol. 4 of 4 The career of the play, after this disastrous record, is of an entirely different nature, for it would seem that, from the moment it was pre sented in London, it began to be reckoned as one of Mr. Fitch's technical triumphs. He went to London for the Opening of The Truth and the day after the first performance he wrote: There was not a hiss nor a boo. But they cheered and cheered and shouted Bravo after every act; and at the end kept it up, and then began calling for me. I had decided not to go out, so finally the manager came before the curtain and said 'mr. Clyde Fitch is not in the house.' I was behind a box curtain! Tempest is wonderful. After its success in England, The Truth had a notable career in Germany, Italy, Russia, Hun gary, and Scandinavia. In a letter from Berlin, dated April 15, 1908, Mr. Fitch wrote concerning the German produc tion of The Truth The house was full, and so appreciative. It had been announced that the author was coming to see the play; and at the end of the piece, the audience rose and cheered, and called me out three times. They said nothing of this sort had ever happened in Ham burg in the middle of the run of a play. The piece is being arranged for in the best theatres all over Germany. They expect it to be staged in three here. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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