Androcles and the Lion (Unabridged)

Androcles and the Lion (Unabridged)

Title: Androcles and the Lion (Unabridged)
Author: George Bernard Shaw
Release: 2024-10-10
Kind: audiobook
Genre: Fiction
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Androcles and the Lion (Unabridged) George Bernard Shaw
Androcles and the Lion

By George Bernard Shaw 

Presented by The Online Stage George 

Bernard Shaw based his "religious pantomime" Androcles and the Lion on the ancient fable of the runaway slave who pulls a painful thorn from a lion's paw, thereby making a lifelong friend. Shaw explained that his play was in part a reaction to the huge success of J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan: "I wrote Androcles to show what a play for children should be like." 

This tale of a puny Greek tailor triumphing over the Roman emperor is, as always with Shaw, a commentary on the politics of his time, with the emperor standing in for the British government and, indeed, all repressive regimes. 

Androcles and the Lion will delight audiences of all ages by alternating laughter with pathos, philosophy with fun, and satire with sincerity. 

Cast
Narrator (G.B. Shaw) - Ben Stevens  Androcles - Jeff Moon  Megaera - Sara Morsey  Centurion - Alan Weyman  The Captain - Craig Franklin Lavinia - P.J. Morgan Lentullus - Steve Gough Metellus - Noel Badrian Spintho - Andrew Coleman Ferrovius - John Burlinson  The Call Boy - Grace Keller-Scotch  The Editor - Ron Altman  The Menagerie Keeper - David Prickett  Caesar/The Emperor - Peter Tucker  Secutor - Denis Daly  The Retiarius - Marty Krz 
Audio edited by John Burlinson

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