Androcles and the Lion (1912 Shaw), play

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Androcles and the Lion (1912) is a play by George Bernard Shaw.

Abstract

Story of a Christian in ancient Rome who befriends a lion.

The play was first performed in 1912 in German translation in Berlin, and then the following year in London and in 1915 in New York.

Characters

• Androcles (main character)
• The Lion
• Antoninus Pius

Editions

• Androklus und der Löwe = Androcles and the Lion (1913 @1912 Shaw / Trebitsch), play (German ed.)

Performance History

• Androklus und der Löwe = Androcles and the Lion, German ed. (1912 Trebitsch / @1912 Shaw), Berlin production, world premiere (play) 25 November 1912 Berlin

• Androcles and the Lion (1913 Granville-Barker / @1912 Shaw), London production (play) Harley Granville-Barker and Lillah McCarthy -- St. James's Theatre -- 1 September 1913

• Androcles and the Lion (1915 Barker / @1912 Shaw), New York (Broadway) production (play) 22 January 1915

• Androcles and the Lion (1925 Moeller / @1912 Shaw), New York (Broadway) production (play)

• Androcles and the Lion (1938 Davis / @1912 Shaw), TV film (play)

• Androcles and the Lion (1938 Rosen / @1912 Shaw), New York (Broadway) production (play)

External links

• Wiki.en