PREFATORY NOTE



  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 iS, i908,
Mr. Fitch wrote concerning the German produc-
tion of "The Truth": "The house was full,
and so appreciative. Tt 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-
l)urg 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."
  Revived by Winthrop Ames in New York
City, at the Little Theatre, during the Spring of
1914, the admirers of Clyde Fitch realized what
they had maintained ever since his death, that his
comedies retain much of the vitality they origi-
nally possessed, their humor and character
values being as apposite as ever. Those who
assembled for the dress rehearsal of "The Truth"
on the evening of April II, I9r4, felt again that
lrilliant, youthful, personal note which Mr. Fitch
always put into his plays, and which constitutedl
much of his charm as a playwright. Though
more than seven years had passed since its first



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