''The Tale of a Tiger'' ( it, La storia della tigre) 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.Mitchell 1999, p. 157

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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.

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Ed Emery has carried out an authorised English translation.English translation: http://www.geocities.ws/dariofoarchive/tiger.html

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tale of the Tiger, The 1978 plays Plays by Dario Fo Tigers in popular culture Plays about war Plays set in China Plays set in the 1930s Cultural depictions of Mao Zedong

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