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Androcles and the Lion

George Bernard Shaw author Dan Laurence author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd

Published:29th Oct '87

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Author won Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925

Tells the tale of Androcles, a slave who is saved by the requited mercy of a lion.

Androcles and the Lion is a 1912 play written by George Bernard Shaw.

Androcles and the Lion is Shaw's retelling of the tale of Androcles, a slave who is saved by the requited mercy of a lion. In the play, Shaw makes Androcles out to be one of 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 cultural clash between Jesus' teachings and traditional Roman values.

ISBN: 9780140450132

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 15mm

Weight: 200g

160 pages