Androcles and the Lion
Plot
Shaw used the traditional fable of Andocles to focus on the integrity of religious belief. Androcles, a christian fleeing persecution in Rome, is captured by Caesar's men. Alongside other christians - Ferrovius, a fierce fighter, Lavinia, a beautiful aristocrat and would-be martyr Spintho - he must face the lions of the Coliseum. How will each of them face their desperate fate?
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Cast
Billy Connolly
Androcles
Anna Calder-Marshall
Lavinia
Bernard Bresslaw
Ferrovius
Rupert Frazer
The Captain
Peter Copley
Caesar
John Tordoff
Spintho
Stafford Gordon
Centurion
Roy Jones
The Lion
Percy Edwards
The Lion's Voice
Peter Land
Lentulus
Desmond Maurer
Metellus
Jane Freeman
Megaera
Barry Jackson
The Editor
Paul Hargreaves
The Ox Driver
Stephen Rashbrook
The Call Boy