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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 CunardCenturion / Retiarus
John GabrielSpintho
Michael GoughCaptain
Lionel HarrisLion / Call Boy
Margaret JohnstonLavinia
Terence LongdenMetellus
Nora LoosMegaera
Raymond LovellCaesar
Denis ShawMenagerie Keeper
Harold SiddonsLentulus / Secutor
Julian SomersEditor
Toke TownleyAndrocles
Ralph TrumanFerrovius

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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