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Androcles and the Lion: Directed by Joe Layton. With Norman Wisdom, Noël Coward, Ed Ames, Brian Bedford. The story of Androcles, the simple-hearted Christian tailor whose friendship with a lion saves himself and his friends from martyrdom in the Roman Colosseum.
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- Musical
- Joe Layton
- 1967-11-15
Androcles, a simple-hearted Christian tailor, becomes friends with a lion by removing a thorn from his paw. Later, the lion saves Androcles and his friends from martyrdom in the Roman Colosseum. Cast. Norman Wisdom as Androcles; Inga Swenson as Lavinia; Noël Coward as Caesar; Ed Ames as Ferrovius; Geoffrey Holder as Lion; John Cullum as The ...
- Musical Comedy
May 28, 2019 · Androcles And The Lion (BBC 1967, Norman Wisdom, Noel Coward) Drama. Androcles, a Christian fleeing persecution in Rome, befriends a lion after pulling a painful thorn from its paw. Captured by Caesar’s men, Androcles is sent to the Colosseum to face the lions along with other Christians.
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.
- Bernard Shaw
- 1912
Starring Norman Wisdom as Androcles, with Geoffrey Holder as the Lion, Noël Coward as Caesar and Patricia Routledge as Megaera, the production also featured such theatre notables as Ed Ames, Brian Bedford, John Cullum and Inga Swenson.
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A musical based on the German fable about Androcles, a meek Christian tailor who crosses the path of an injured lion and removes a painful thorn from its paw. Later, when Androcles and a group of Christians are captured by the Romans and destined to be eaten by lions in the Coliseum, his life...
