Androcles and the Lion
- Summary
- 1951 BBC 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
- Tuesday 28 August 1951
- Time
- 8.00-9.15pm
- Channel
- BBC Television
- Production company
- BBC
Credits
- Producer
- Desmond Davis
- Playwright
- [George] Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
- Set Designer
- Richard R. Greenough
- Cast
Basil Cunard Centurion / Retiarus John Gabriel Spintho Michael Gough Captain Lionel Harris Lion / Call Boy Margaret Johnston Lavinia Terence Longden Metellus Nora Loos Megaera Raymond Lovell Caesar Denis Shaw Menagerie Keeper Harold Siddons Lentulus / Secutor Julian Somers Editor Toke Townley Androcles Ralph Truman Ferrovius
Additional details
- Origination
- Live from studio
- Vision original
- Monochrome
- Later transmissions
- Presented again on 30 August 1951.
- Extant status
- No archival copy is known to exist.
- Play tags
- ancient Rome and colonies; Christianity; comedy
Print sources
- Title
- Radio Times, 24 August 1951 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- article, p. 43 and listing, p. 45
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