Androcles and the Lion
Shaw used the traditional fable of Andocles to focus on the integrity of religious belief. Androcles, a christian fleeing persecution in Rome, is captured by Caesar's men. Alongside other christians - Ferrovius, a fierce fighter, Lavinia, a beautiful aristocrat and would-be martyr Spintho - he must face the lions of the Coliseum. How will each of them face their desperate fate?
Written by George Bernard Shaw
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Billy Connolly Androcles -
Anna Calder-Marshall Lavinia -
Bernard Bresslaw Ferrovius -
Rupert Frazer The Captain -
Peter Copley Caesar -
John Tordoff Spintho -
Stafford Gordon Centurion - Roy Jones The Lion
- Percy Edwards The Lion's Voice
- Peter Land Lentulus
- Desmond Maurer Metellus
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Jane Freeman Megaera
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