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Androcles and the Lion: Directed by Joe Layton. With Norman Wisdom, Noël Coward, Ed Ames, Brian Bedford. The story of Androcles, the simple-hearted Christian tailor whose friendship with a lion saves himself and his friends from martyrdom in the Roman Colosseum.
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- Musical
- Joe Layton
- 1967-11-15
Androcles, a simple-hearted Christian tailor, becomes friends with a lion by removing a thorn from his paw. Later, the lion saves Androcles and his friends from martyrdom in the Roman Colosseum. Cast. Norman Wisdom as Androcles; Inga Swenson as Lavinia; Noël Coward as Caesar; Ed Ames as Ferrovius; Geoffrey Holder as Lion; John Cullum as The ...
- Musical Comedy
May 28, 2019 · Androcles And The Lion (BBC 1967, Norman Wisdom, Noel Coward) Drama. Androcles, a Christian fleeing persecution in Rome, befriends a lion after pulling a painful thorn from its paw. Captured by Caesar’s men, Androcles is sent to the Colosseum to face the lions along with other Christians.
A musical based on the German fable about Androcles, a meek Christian tailor who crosses the path of an injured lion and removes a painful thorn from its paw. Later, when Androcles and a group of Christians are captured by the Romans and destined to be eaten by lions in the Coliseum, his life...
- Joe Layton
- Norman Wisdom
Androcles and the Lion (Shavian: ·𐑨𐑯𐑛𐑮𐑩𐑒𐑤𐑰𐑟 𐑯 𐑞 𐑤𐑲𐑩𐑯) 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 requiting mercy of a lion.
- Bernard Shaw
- 1912
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The story of Androcles, the simple-hearted Christian tailor whose friendship with a lion saves himself and his friends from martyrdom in the Roman Colosseum.
