Network broadcast date: Monday,
December 14, 1964
Now
Listen to the Tiger
Genre: Topical melodrama
Author: Burr McCloskey
Production number: 97
Production date: Wednesday,
November 25, 1964
Director: Warren Somerville
Producer: Warren Somerville
Plotline: After a firefight in the jungles of Vietnam, an American soldier and Vietnamese sniper are forced to see each other’s humanity as they both lay dying. Too bad the tiger circling them just sees lunch.
Listen: https://archive.org/details/T5project/Theater+Five+641214+096+Now+Listen+to+the+Tiger.flac
Cast: Ralph Bell, James Monks, Peter Fernandez, Bryna Raeburn, George Petrie
NOTE: Picked by Nick Palmer for recommended listening. The production may be a surprise with the portrayal of the tiger's instinctual thoughts, but the story works.