Androcles And The Lion

A RETELLING OF THE AESOP FABLE DESCRIBING THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE MEETING BETWEEN THE SLAVE ANDROCLES AND A WOUNDED LION.

A retelling of the fable originally written by Apion, an Egyptian living in Rome around 40 A.D., in which Androcles, a runaway slave, befriends a wounded lion.

The series is a collection of four famousstories from Europe highlighting the valuesof compassion, bravery and determination.These stories are popular across the globe.

Presents an irreverent dramatization of the popular fable written in the style of Italian commedia dell 'arte.

A retelling of the Aesop fable describing the consequences of the meeting between the slave Androcles and a wounded lion. Also contains a simple play based on the tale intended to be read aloud or performed by children. Suggested level: junior, primary.

Androcles and the Lion - Bernard Shaw Androcles and the Lion is a 1912 play written by George Bernard Shaw. The play 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 portrays Androcles to be one of the 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.

A collection of animal fables told by the Greek slave Aesop.

Famed playwright George Bernard Shaw's quirky version of the ancient Androcles fable deftly combines elements of satire and humor along with a surprisingly philosophically complex view of Christianity and religious belief systems in general. This playful take on the issues of persecution and martyrdom is as timely today as it was when initially published a century ago.