The Truth is a play in four acts by Clyde Fitch

Clyde Fitch

Clyde Fitch was an American dramatist.-Biography:Born William Clyde Fitch at Elmira, New York, he wrote over 60 plays, 36 of them original, which varied from social comedies and farces to melodrama and historical dramas.As the only child to live to adulthood, his father, Captain William G...

, first performed in 1906
(some sources say 1907).

Synopsis

Becky Warder is a 1903 society matron who suspects her husband, Tom, of having an affair. She hires a private detective to follow him around. The situation is complicated by Becky's view of reality, that she can lie whenever and however she wants.

External links

• Biography at Theatre Database
• Review of 2006 revival at Metropolitan Playhouse