# Androcles and the Lion

By Bernard Shaw.

"Androcles and the Lion" by Bernard Shaw is a play written in 1912. It retells the ancient fable of a Christian slave who removes a thorn from a lion's paw. When Androcles is later sentenced to die in the Roman Colosseum, he faces the same grateful lion in the arena. Shaw crafted this work as a response to religious melodramas and children's plays he found lacking, blending humor, faith, and unexpected mercy into a tale of compassion rewarded. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Subjects: English drama (Comedy)

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## Audiobooks of it

- [Androcles and the Lion](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/20733) by George Bernard Shaw (1 h 39 min, English)
- [Androcles and the Lion (Version 2)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/22147) by George Bernard Shaw (1 h 42 min, English)

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