Wallace Shawn's The Fever is the winner of the 1991 Obie Award for Best Play and soon to be a film starring Vanessa Redgrave. While visiting a poverty-stricken country far from home, the unnamed narrator of The Fever is forced to witness the political persecution occurring just beyond a hotel window. In examining a life of comfort and relative privilege, the narrator reveals, "I always say to my friends, We should be glad to be alive. We should celebrate life. We should understand that life is wonderful." But how does one ...
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Wallace Shawn's The Fever is the winner of the 1991 Obie Award for Best Play and soon to be a film starring Vanessa Redgrave. While visiting a poverty-stricken country far from home, the unnamed narrator of The Fever is forced to witness the political persecution occurring just beyond a hotel window. In examining a life of comfort and relative privilege, the narrator reveals, "I always say to my friends, We should be glad to be alive. We should celebrate life. We should understand that life is wonderful." But how does one celebrate life -- take pleasure in beauty, for instance -- while slowly becoming aware that the poverty and oppression of other human beings are a direct consequence of one's own pleasurable life? In a coruscating monologue, The Fever is most of all an eloquent meditation on living a life with conscience and action in ethical relationship to others in the world.
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Add this copy of The Fever to cart. $12.95, fair condition, Sold by The Yard Sale Store rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Narrowsburg, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
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Acceptable. THE SCRIPT. Some noticeable scuff marks to the covers. Some writing on the inside cover. A couple of marks to the scipt but hard to find. USEFUL for your dramatic needs.
Add this copy of The Fever to cart. $20.00, very good condition, Sold by Take Five Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Ashland, OR, UNITED STATES, published 1992 by Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Add this copy of The Fever to cart. $34.98, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Dramatist's Play Service.
Add this copy of The Fever to cart. $65.03, new condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Dramatist's Play Service.
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