Androcles and the Lion
George Bernard Shaw author Dan Laurence author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Published:29th Oct '87
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
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