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Androcles and the Lion : An Old Fable Renovated (Shaw Library)
Androcles and the Lion An Old Fable Renovated - Shaw Library Author:Bernard Shaw Androcles, a runaway slave, had taken refuge in a cave in Africa, when a lion entered the cave and showed him his swollen paw, from which Androcles extracted a large thorn. Later, the lion recognized him when Androcles had been captured and thrown to the wild beasts in the Roman circus and, instead of attacking him, the grateful lion began ... more »to caress him; he was then set free.
Using the story of Androcles, Shaw examines true and false religious exaltation, combining the traditions of the miracle play and Christmas pantomime into a philosophical farce about early Christianity; the play's central theme is that one must have something worth dying for to make life worth living.« less