Androcles and the Lion (play)

Androcles and the Lion
Androcles (O. P. Heggie) and the Lion (Edward Sillward): 1913 premiere
Written byGeorge Bernard Shaw
Date premiered1913
Place premieredSt James's Theatre, London
SubjectA Christian is saved by his devotion to an animal
Genreepic pastiche
SettingAncient Rome

Androcles and the Lion (Shavian: ยท๐‘จ๐‘ฏ๐‘›๐‘ฎ๐‘ฉ๐‘’๐‘ค๐‘ฐ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ฏ ๐‘ž ๐‘ค๐‘ฒ๐‘ฉ๐‘ฏ) 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 to die but surviving because the lion who was intended to tear him apart recognised him as the man who once extracted an agonising thorn from his paw.

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