David Rade is the founder and director of Swan Isle Press, an independent, not for profit, literary publisher in Chicago known for its books of world literature in translation. Long before his career in publishing the works of others, he wrote several plays. FELDMAN - A PLAY IN THREE ACTS is the first to be published (by Cedars Spring Books, not affiliated with Swan Isle Press).
Arrested for panhandling with $20k in his bag, Danny Feldman is confronted by a system determined to institutionalize him "in his own best interests." His freedom depends on the defense of a compassionate lawyer who volunteers to represent him against all odds. Danny’s struggle touches our hearts. FELDMAN raises questions about justice, mental health, individual rights, what it is to be free.