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Wallace Shawn's first new play in ten years, a dark moral fable.
And so yes, well, I'd simply dropped that whole idea of being a good person, I'd dropped it right down into some hole in the street, and down it had gone into the city's sewers, and no one ever saw it again. And that was sad, if you thought it was sad, or I suppose it was sad, or some people probably would say it was sad. A dark moral fable, telling of an acclaimed writer's hedonistic lifestyle and its effects on his wife, son and mistress.
Wallace Shawn's first new play in ten years, another viciously witty indictment of the liberal intelligentsia and its hidden depravity, will be staged in rep with a revival of The Fever at an Off-Broadway theatre in January 2026.
"Wallace Shawn writes like no one else. His stuff is scary, gripping, and hilarious.", New Yorker
Author: Wallace Shawn
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 02/03/2026
Pages: 96
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.15lbs
Size: 7.60h x 4.90w x 0.30d
ISBN: 9780571399901
About the Author
Shawn, Wallace: -
Wallace Shawn is most recognisable as an actor, from, among others, The Princess Bride, Clueless, Young Sheldon, Manhattan, and the voice of Rex in Toy Story. His first play Our Late Night was produced at the Public Theater, NYC, in 1975. Aunt Dan and Lemon (1985) was first performed at the Public Theater, then the Royal Court in London. The Fever (1990), a modern classic, was first performed by Shawn in his friends' apartments, then transferred to the Royal Court and the West End. The Designated Mourner (1997) was first performed at the National Theatre (starring Mike Nichols, directed by David Hare). With André Gregory, Shawn made the films My Dinner with André and Vanya on 42nd Street. He has won three Obie Awards.
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Wallace Shawn's first new play in ten years, a dark moral fable.
And so yes, well, I'd simply dropped that whole idea of being a good person, I'd dropped it right down into some hole in the street, and down it had gone into the city's sewers, and no one ever saw it again. And that was sad, if you thought it was sad, or I suppose it was sad, or some people probably would say it was sad. A dark moral fable, telling of an acclaimed writer's hedonistic lifestyle and its effects on his wife, son and mistress.
Wallace Shawn's first new play in ten years, another viciously witty indictment of the liberal intelligentsia and its hidden depravity, will be staged in rep with a revival of The Fever at an Off-Broadway theatre in January 2026.
"Wallace Shawn writes like no one else. His stuff is scary, gripping, and hilarious.", New Yorker
Author: Wallace Shawn
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 02/03/2026
Pages: 96
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.15lbs
Size: 7.60h x 4.90w x 0.30d
ISBN: 9780571399901
About the Author
Shawn, Wallace: -
Wallace Shawn is most recognisable as an actor, from, among others, The Princess Bride, Clueless, Young Sheldon, Manhattan, and the voice of Rex in Toy Story. His first play Our Late Night was produced at the Public Theater, NYC, in 1975. Aunt Dan and Lemon (1985) was first performed at the Public Theater, then the Royal Court in London. The Fever (1990), a modern classic, was first performed by Shawn in his friends' apartments, then transferred to the Royal Court and the West End. The Designated Mourner (1997) was first performed at the National Theatre (starring Mike Nichols, directed by David Hare). With André Gregory, Shawn made the films My Dinner with André and Vanya on 42nd Street. He has won three Obie Awards.
