Androcles and the Lion
- Summary
- 1946 BBC Television studio production of George Bernard Shaw’s Androcles and the Lion, a retelling of the fable set in ancient Rome.
- Theatre play
- Androcles and the Lion by [George] Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Sunday 3 November 1946
- Time
- 8.40-10.00pm
- Channel
- BBC Television
- Production company
- BBC
Credits
- Producer
- Desmond Davis
- Playwright
- [George] Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
- Cast
Basil Appleby Menagerie Keeper Clifford Buckton Editor Basil Cunard Centurion / Retiarius Michael Gough Spintho Richard Hurndall Captain Elaine Innescort Megaera Andrew Leigh Androcles Pauline Letts Lavinia Ronald Mansell Lentulus; Secutor Torin Thatcher Ferrovius Ernest Thesiger Caesar Victor Woolf Lion / Call Boy Brian Worth Metellus
Additional details
- Origination
- Live from studio
- Vision original
- Monochrome
- Later transmissions
- Presented at 3.00pm on Tuesday 5 November 1946.
- Extant status
- No archival copy is known to exist.
- Play tags
- ancient Rome and colonies; Christianity; comedy
Print sources
- Title
- Radio Times, 1 November 1946 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- listing and article, p. 34
- Title
- Today’s Radio (Newspaper listing)
- Reference
- Sunday Times, 3 November 1946, p. 7
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