Androcles and the Lion is a 1912 play by Bernard Shaw. The play is Shaw's retelling of the tale of Androcles, a slave who is saved by the requiting mercy of a lion. In the play, Shaw portrays Androcle
Androcles (O. P. Heggie) and the Lion (Edward Sillward): 1913 premiere
Final scene, 1913 premiere
Dooley Wilson as Androcles in the 1938 Federal Theatre Project production
Daniel L. Haynes as Ferrovius, lighting design by Abe Feder
Androcles and the Lion
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Androcles is the main character of a common folk tale about a man befriending a lion.
Androcles and the Lion (play)
โฆAndrocles and the Lion (Shavian: ยท๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฐ๐ ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ค๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ฏ) is a 1912 play by Bernard Shaw. The play is Shaw's retelling of the tale of Androcles, a slave who is saved by the requiting mercy of a lion. In the play, Shaw portrays Androcles as one of many Christians being led to the Colosseum toโฆ
The slave Androcles plucks the thorn from the lion's paw.
We used to see Androcles with the lion attached to a slender leash, making the rounds of the city, a pen and wash drawing by Baldassare Peruzzi, 1530s
Poster for the Federal Theatre Project production of Shaw's Androcles and the Lion (1938)