Piece

Stücktitel Androcles and the Lion
Alternativer Stücktitel Androklus und der Löwe (Translation)
Schaffungsdatum [1912] 1912
Erschaffer Shaw, Bernard Playwright
Assoziierte darstellende Künste Comedy
Originalsprache [Englisch] English
Abteilung der Struktur Prologue, Act I, Act II, Scene 1, Act II, Scene 2, Act II, Scene 3
Figuren Lion (Animals / plants) , Androcles , Magaera , Centurion (Military personnel) , Captain (Military personnel) , Lavinia , Lentulus , Metellus , Spintho , Ferrovius , The Slave Driver , Call Boy , Secutor , Retiarius , The Editor , The Menagerie Keeper , Emperor (Royalty / rulers) Lion
Handlung Androcles, a Christian who once removed a thorn from a lion's paw, is rewarded years later when the same lion refuses to devour him when he and other Christians have been sentenced to die in a Roman public forum.
Anmerkungen Published in German (as "Androklus und der Löwe") in 1913, three years before its first printed publication in the United Kingdom.

Associated Items

Assoziierte Produktionen 1925Dec26, Regent Theatre (London, England), Macdona Players, Androcles and the Lion ,
Regents Park, London, 1934 ,
1913, St. James's Theatre (London, England), Androcles and the Lion ,
1915, Wallack's Theatre, Androcles and the Lion ,
1914Jan15, Volksbüehne (Vienna, Austria), Androcles and the Lion ,
1919Nov04, Abbey Theatre, Abbey Company, Androcles and the Lion
Performances of the piece 340, 342
Representations of characters from piece 2196, 338, 327, 1005667
Components associated with piece 2196, 2199, 327, 1324, 2184, 2197, 2195