“The Tale of a Tiger” to go on stage at Tehran theater

TEHRAN,June 29(MNA) -- The Papati Theater Troupe plans to stage “The Tale of a Tiger” at the Iranshahr Theater Complex during the month of Ramadan. Hedayat Hashemi will act in the monologue, which will be directed by Hadi Amel-Hashemi. Written by Dario Fo, the play is about a revolutionary soldier who is wounded during Mao’s Long March across China and 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 female tiger and her cub. What follows is a comic narrative about their domestic life together, as the tiger nurses him back to health. Amel-Hashemi performed “The Tale of a Tiger” at Tehran’s City Theater Complex in November 2011, which was warmly welcomed by theatergoers.