Topic

Androcles and the Lion

Not who you're looking for? Others named Androcles and the Lion: 1952 film by Chester Erskine, Nicholas Ray · television musical adaptation of Shaw play

0 members

Overview

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 requiting 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 the cultural clash between Jesus' teachings and traditional Roman values. Characters Androcles (main character) The Lion Magaera Centurion Captain Lavinia Lentulus Metellus Spintho Ferrovius Ox-Driver Call Boy The Editor Menagerie Keeper Caesar Secutor Retiariu Plot Androcles, a fugitive Christian tailor, accompanied by his nagging wife, is on the run from his Roman persecutors. While hiding in the forest he comes upon a wild lion who approaches him with a wounded paw. His wife runs off. Androcles sees that the cause of the animal's distress is a large thorn embedded in its paw, which he draws out while soothing the lion in baby language.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

On IJR

No public IJR answers mention Androcles and the Lion yet. As people ask about it and share their answers, they'll appear here.

Not who you're looking for? Others named Androcles and the Lion: 1952 film by Chester Erskine, Nicholas Ray · television musical adaptation of Shaw play

Overview

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 requiting 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 the cultural clash between Jesus' teachings and traditional Roman values. Characters Androcles (main character) The Lion Magaera Centurion Captain Lavinia Lentulus Metellus Spintho Ferrovius Ox-Driver Call Boy The Editor Menagerie Keeper Caesar Secutor Retiariu Plot Androcles, a fugitive Christian tailor, accompanied by his nagging wife, is on the run from his Roman persecutors. While hiding in the forest he comes upon a wild lion who approaches him with a wounded paw. His wife runs off. Androcles sees that the cause of the animal's distress is a large thorn embedded in its paw, which he draws out while soothing the lion in baby language.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).