Yellow Fever (play)

Yellow Fever
Written byR. A. Shiomi
CharactersSam Shikaze
Date premiered1 December 1982
Place premieredPan Asian Repertory
New York, New York
Original languageEnglish
SubjectJapanese Canadian Culture
GenreComedy, Mystery, Parody
SettingPowell Street in Vancouver, CAN in the early 1970s

Yellow Fever is a play by R. A. Shiomi, which takes place on Powell Street in Japantown, Vancouver, a gathering place for the local Japanese-Canadian culture. Set in the 1970s, the Sam Spade-like main character, Sam Shikaze, must work to unravel the mysteries that surround him. First produced by the Pan Asian Repertory Theatre in 1982, it received positive reviews and had a successful run off-Broadway.

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