Androcles and the Lion
  • Published: 29 June 2006
  • ISBN: 9780140450132
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 160
  • RRP: $38.00
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Androcles and the Lion

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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.
  • Published: 29 June 2006
  • ISBN: 9780140450132
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 160
  • RRP: $38.00
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Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw was one of the greatest 20th Century dramatists. He wrote over 60 plays, including Arms and the Man (1894), Man and Superman (1903), Pygmalion (1912-13) and Saint Joan (1923). In addition, he also authored five novels and two collections of short stories. He is the only person to have been honoured with both a Nobel Prize for Literature (1925) and an Academy Award (1938, for Pygmalion). Shaw was offered a knighthood, but turned it down, as he refused most awards. He died in 1950, aged 94.