The Tale of a Tiger
Written byDario Fo
Original languageItalian

The Tale of a Tiger (Italian: La storia della tigre)[1] is a dramatic monologue by Dario Fo. Fo collected material for it during a June 1975 visit to China with his wife Franca Rame and other members of their theatre company, and he toured around Italy with it in 1978.[1][2]

Plot summary

During Mao's Long March across China, a revolutionary soldier is wounded. His comrades leave him behind. Gangrene sets in, and he believes that he is about to die. He drags himself into a cave and falls into a deep sleep. When he awakens, he is confronted by the sight of a tiger and her cub. What follows is a comic narrative about their domestic life together, as the tiger nurses him back to health.[3]

Translations

Ed Emery has carried out an authorised English translation.[4]

Further reading

  • Mitchell, Tony (1999), Dario Fo: People's Court Jester (Updated and Expanded), London: Methuen, ISBN 0-413-73320-3.

References

  1. 1 2 Mitchell 1999, p. 157
  2. ↑ Mitchell 1999, pp. 142–143
  3. ↑ Tony Mitchell, The People's Court Jester, Methuen Books, London, 1999
  4. ↑ English translation: http://www.geocities.ws/dariofoarchive/tiger.html
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