Yellow Fever | |
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Written by | R. A. Shiomi |
Characters | Sam Shikaze |
Date premiered | 01 December 1982[1] |
Place premiered | Pan Asian Repertory New York, New York[1] |
Original language | English |
Subject | Japanese Canadian Culture |
Genre | Comedy, Mystery, Parody |
Setting | Powell Street in Vancouver, CAN in the early 1970's |
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.
Sam Shikaze, a smooth private-eye, narrates his own story about what happened when he was hired to find the missing Cherry Blossom Queen. He is soon trapped in a web of racism and political intrigue that seems to lead back to the Hong Kong tong's. Chuck Chan is a lawyer who tried to help solve the case, while Freda Foh Shen is a beautiful reporter who is searching for a story. Captain Kadota, an old friend of Sam's, offers his aid as a member of the police force; although, he and Sam don't see eye to eye on politics.
Presented by the Pan Asian Repertory Theater,