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  • Androcles and the Lion

    Bernard Shaw

    eBook
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  • Androcles and the Lion

    George Bernard Shaw, Ben Stevens, Jeff Moon, Sara Morsey, Craig Franklin, P. J. Morgan, John Burlinson, Peter Tucker, Spoken Realms

    Audible Audiobook (Spoken Realms, Feb. 11, 2019)
    Androcles and the Lion By George Bernard Shaw Presented by The Online Stage George Bernard Shaw based his "religious pantomime" Androcles and the Lion on the ancient fable of the runaway slave who pulls a painful thorn from a lion's paw, thereby making a lifelong friend. Shaw explained that his play was in part a reaction to the huge success of J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan: "I wrote Androcles to show what a play for children should be like." This tale of a puny Greek tailor triumphing over the Roman emperor is, as always with Shaw, a commentary on the politics of his time, with the emperor standing in for the British government and, indeed, all repressive regimes. Androcles and the Lion will delight audiences of all ages by alternating laughter with pathos, philosophy with fun, and satire with sincerity. Cast Narrator (G.B. Shaw) - Ben Stevens Androcles - Jeff Moon Megaera - Sara Morsey Centurion - Alan Weyman The Captain - Craig Franklin Lavinia - P.J. Morgan Lentullus - Steve Gough Metellus - Noel Badrian Spintho - Andrew Coleman Ferrovius - John Burlinson The Call Boy - Grace Keller-Scotch The Editor - Ron Altman The Menagerie Keeper - David Prickett Caesar/The Emperor - Peter Tucker Secutor - Denis Daly The Retiarius - Marty Krz Audio edited by John Burlinson
  • Androcles and the Lion: An Old Fable Renovated

    Dan Laurence, George Bernard Shaw

    eBook (Penguin, June 29, 2006)
    Androcles and the Lion is a 1912 play written by George Bernard Shaw.Androcles and the Lion is Shaw's retelling of the tale of Androcles, a slave who is saved by the requited mercy of a lion. In the play, Shaw makes Androcles out to be one of many Christians being led to the Colosseum for torture. Characters in the play exemplify several themes and takes on both modern and supposed early Christianity, including cultural clash between Jesus' teachings and traditional Roman values.
  • Androcles and the Lion: An Old Fable Renovated

    Bernard Shaw

    Paperback (Penguin Books, March 29, 1988)
    A retelling of the consequences following the meeting of Androcles, the slave, and a wounded lion.
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  • Androcles and the Lion

    George Bernard Shaw

    Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Nov. 27, 2016)
    Androcles and the Lion is a 1912 play written by George Bernard Shaw. The play is Shaw's retelling of the tale of Androcles, a slave who is saved by the requited mercy of a lion. In the play, Shaw portrays Androcles to be one of the many Christians being led to the Colosseum for torture. Characters in the play exemplify several themes and takes on both modern and supposed early Christianity, including cultural clash between Jesus' teachings and traditional Roman values.
  • Androcles And The Lion

    Bernard Shaw

    Paperback (Loki's Publishing, Aug. 30, 2017)
    Androcles And The Lion By Bernard Shaw
  • Androcles and the Lion

    George Bernard Shaw

    Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Nov. 22, 2012)
    Androcles and the Lion is a 1912 play written by George Bernard Shaw. Androcles and the Lion is Shaw's retelling of the tale of Androcles, a slave who is saved by the requited mercy of a lion. In the play, Shaw portrays Androcles to be one of the many Christians being led to the Colosseum for torture. Characters in the play exemplify several themes and takes on both modern and supposed early Christianity, including cultural clash between Jesus' teachings and traditional Roman values.
  • ANDROCLES AND THE LION

    Bernard. Shaw

    Hardcover (Penguin Books, 1962., Middlesex, England:, March 15, 1962)
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  • Androcles and the Lion

    George Bernard Shaw

    Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Sept. 18, 2017)
    Famed playwright George Bernard Shaw's quirky version of the ancient Androcles fable deftly combines elements of satire and humor along with a surprisingly philosophically complex view of Christianity and religious belief systems in general. This playful take on the issues of persecution and martyrdom is as timely today as it was when initially published a century ago.
  • Androcles and The Lion

    George Bernard Shaw

    Hardcover (Akasha Classics, May 30, 2008)
    Androcles and The Lion, by George Bernard Shaw - Akasha Classics, AkashaPublishing.Com - Overture; forest sounds, roaring of lions, Christian hymn faintly. A jungle path. A lion's roar, a melancholy suffering roar, comes from the jungle. It is repeated nearer. The lion limps from the jungle on three legs, holding up his right forepaw, in which a huge thorn sticks. He sits down and contemplates it. He licks it. He shakes it. He tries to extract it by scraping it along the ground, and hurts himself worse. He roars piteously. He licks it again. Tears drop from his eyes. He limps painfully off the path and lies down under the trees, exhausted with pain. Heaving a long sigh, like wind in a trombone, he goes to sleep.
  • Androcles and the Lion

    George Bernard Shaw

    Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, March 27, 2018)
    Famed playwright George Bernard Shaw's quirky version of the ancient Androcles fable deftly combines elements of satire and humor along with a surprisingly philosophically complex view of Christianity and religious belief systems in general. This playful take on the issues of persecution and martyrdom is as timely today as it was when initially published a century ago.
  • Androcles and the Lion

    George Bernard Shaw

    Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Dec. 28, 2015)
    George Bernard Shaw was an Irish playwright who co-founded the London School of Economics. Shaw wrote more than 60 plays with his most famous being Pygmalion, which served as the inspiration for the musical My Fair Lady.