Trafford Tanzi

[5] The play is set in a wrestling ring where the story of the title character, Tanzi, is told.

[6] Eventually, she becomes a champion professional wrestler herself and finally challenges her husband Dean to a match, with the loser being required to do the housework.

[6] In keeping with the wrestling theme, the play is divided into ten rounds, each of which ends with a bell.

[4][5] Singer and actress Toyah Willcox starred in a production at the Mermaid Theatre in London, from March to August 1983.

[18]) Despite the play's previous success in London, though, Teaneck Tanzi closed on Broadway the same day it opened.