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Androcles and the Lion | |
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Written by | George Bernard Shaw |
Date premiered | 1913 |
Place premiered | St. James's Theatre, London |
Original language | English |
Subject | A Christian is saved by his devotion to an animal |
Genre | epic pastiche |
Setting | Ancient Rome |
Androcles and the Lion (Shavian: ·𐑨𐑯𐑛𐑮𐑩𐑒𐑤𐑰𐑟 𐑯 𐑞 𐑤𐑲𐑩𐑯) 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.