Yellow Fever (play)

Yellow Fever
Written byR. A. Shiomi
CharactersSam Shikaze
Date premiered1 December 1982[1]
Place premieredPan Asian Repertory
New York, New York[1]
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.[2] First produced by the Pan Asian Repertory Theatre in 1982, it received positive reviews[2] and had a successful run off-Broadway.

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  2. ^ a b Oliver, Edith. "Rosie's cafe." The New Yorker 63.n36 (26 October 1987): 130(1). General Reference Center Gold. Gale.