Androcles and the Lion (1946 Davis / @1912 Shaw), British (TV) production (play)

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Androcles and the Lion (1946) is a British TV production (sound, B&W, 60m) of Androcles and the Lion (1912 Shaw), play, directed by Desmond Davis.

Abstract

Story of Androcles, a Christian slave in ancient Rome who was saved by the mercy of a lion.

Second BBC production of Shaw's play. Davis himself had directed the first one in 1938 and would do it again in 1951.

Cast

Production

Produced by BBC and broadcast in the United Kingdom (3 November 1946; repeated 5 November 1946).

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