Androcles and the Lion

0.0 1984

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 fiercā€¦

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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
Jane Freeman Megaera
Barry Jackson The Editor
Paul Hargreaves The Ox Driver
Stephen Rashbrook The Call Boy
Leo Dolan The Menagerie Keeper

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