Androcles and the Lion
by Shaw, Bernard
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Title:
Androcles and the Lion
Note:
Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Androcles_and_the_Lion_(play)
Credits:
Eve Sobol. HTML version by Al Haines
Summary:
"Androcles and the Lion" by Bernard Shaw is a play written in 1912. It retells the ancient fable of a Christian slave who removes a thorn from a lion's paw. When Androcles is later sentenced to die in the Roman Colosseum, he faces the same grateful lion in the arena. Shaw...