Androcles and the Lion

1983    60mDrama
4.4
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 fierce fighter, Lavinia, a beautiful aristocrat and would-be martyr Spintho - he must face the lions of the Coliseum. How will each of them face their desperate fate?

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Cast of Androcles and the Lion

  • Billy ConnollyAndrocles
  • Anna Calder-MarshallLavinia
  • Bernard BresslawFerrovius
  • Rupert FrazerThe Captain
  • Peter CopleyCaesar
  • John TordoffSpintho
  • Stafford GordonCenturion
  • Roy JonesThe Lion
  • Percy EdwardsThe Lion's Voice
  • Peter LandLentulus
  • Desmond MaurerMetellus
  • Jane FreemanMegaera
  • Barry JacksonThe Editor
  • Paul HargreavesThe Ox Driver
  • Stephen RashbrookThe Call Boy
  • Leo DolanThe Menagerie Keeper
  • George Bernard ShawWriter
  • Ronald SmedleyProducer

 

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