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الحمى الصفراء

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تجرى هذه المسرحية على غير الأسلوب المألوف في التأليف المسرحي، فليس فيها كالعادة فصول يؤدي كل منها دوره في التطور بأحداث المسرحية وشخصياتها، بل تسير أحداثها متتابعة دون توقف حتى النهاية. لذلك تم اخراجها عن طریق تقسيم المسرح الى مستويين مختلفين، تنتقل الأحداث بينهما من واحد إلى آخر، ويرمز الضوء المتغير فيهما الى الزمن تارة، وإلى الجو النفسي تارة أخرى.

والمسرحية تصور تفانی جماعة من العلماء في مقاومة الحمی الصفراء في كوبا والكشف عن ميکروبها حتى يمكن أن بستخلص منه مصل يخلق المناعة لمن يتعرضون للإصابة بها. وهي كذلك تصور تعاون العلماء من كل الشعوب وانتفاع المعاصرين ببحوث من سبقوهم، وأسلوب البحث العلمي الذي يتدرج خطوة فخطوة حتى يصل في النهاية بفضل المثابرة وروح الكفاح الى غايته.

159 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1934

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Sidney Howard

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Sidney Coe Howard was an American playwright and screenwriter. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1925 and a posthumous Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay in 1940 for the screenplay for Gone with the Wind. This was the first time a posthumous nominee for any Oscar won the award. He had been twice previously nominated for his adaptations of the Sinclair Lewis novels Arrowsmith , and Dodsworth .

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An engrossing play about the messiness of science in dealing with the cause of disease, in this case, yellow fever, which was colloquially known as yellow jack. Many soldiers came down with it during the Spanish-American War and concerns about its causes delayed the building of the Panama Canal. Most of the play focuses on Walter Reed, who led an investigation into the cause, and after much trial and error, including using volunteer soldiers as subjects, proves that transmission is by mosquitos rather than filthy conditions or foul air. There was great use of period music to complement the scenes. Some of the language is problematic by today's standards, but overall a very stirring play.
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