After moving out to live in an apartment with other women so she can afford rent, his wife announces that she is pregnant and she is afraid her baby will be born a dog.
[1][4][5] The contrast between human speech and the barking required of the man in his job as a watchdog could hardly be more stark, and at the end of the story he has entirely lost the ability to speak.
[2]Other prominent themes in Dragún's work and the Historias para ser contadas series include: "the criticism of censorship, repression and internal exile.
[2] Characteristics of Dragún's plays that are separate from Brecht include emphasis on the absurd, character underdevelopment and a combination of both narrative and presentational style writing.
[4] Dragún is also known for his writing for film and television, as a result of his project "Teatro Abierto" that took place during a period of military repression.
[7] He died in June 1999 as one of Argentina's prominent playwrights, having won two Casa de las Américas Prizes for his writing and contribution to the theatre.
[1][7] Most of Dragún's plays focus on the life of a lower or middle social class, often criticizing a capitalist society that represses them.
[1][8] Teatro independiente had great influence on the theatre of its surrounding countries, including Peru, Chile, Bolivia, and Uruguay.