Tom is an artist but like the photos of Lily, his painting gifts to his father are unseen, stored in the loft.  Richard says Tom has always been fiercely independent.  This independence might also be impacting on his future with Philip. 

It seems that everyone has their own agenda for Richard’s wealth.  Tom wants to explore cures for Parkinson’s; Dot wants to conceive another child pre-screened for fever syndrome and money to care for Lily, and Anthony has his own crypto-currency business.  Megan wants to make sure that they can continue living in this house. 

This is a showcase for Robert Lindsay’s acting the man hampered by Parkinson’s and haunted by the vision of Dot as a little girl.  He rages and explodes with frustration at his disability and at the Republican Party and Sarah Palin. 

Dot is described as “Dissatisfaction” from childhood to adulthood.  Her longing for another child, not like Lily, is sadly overheard. Her husband Nate published some research late and was accused of stealing someone else’s intellectual property and wants a job with Professor Myers’s institute. 

Lizzie Clachan had a complicated design brief to construct this house on three floors with views of a few bedrooms so that some conversations can be overheard.  The unfortunate result, like the play itself, is overstuffed compartments, cramping the acting and direction. 

Maybe Alexis Zegerman had a vision for a series like Succession rather than one, almost three hour, play.  Certainly, The Fever Syndrome seems to be full of themes yet to be developed.