Androcles and the Lion, Part 1
- Summary
- 1983 BBC production for schools of George Bernard Shaw’s Androcles and the Lion, a retelling of the fable set in ancient Rome, presented in two parts in the English File series.
- Theatre play
- Androcles and the Lion by [George] Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Friday 23 September 1983
- Time
- 2.30-3.00pm
- Series
- Schools; English File
- Channel
- BBC2
- Production company
- BBC
Credits
- Producer
- Ronald Smedley
- Playwright
- [George] Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
- Designer
- Thomas Yardley Jones
- Cast
Bernard Bresslaw Ferrovius Anna Calder-Marshall Lavinia Billy Connolly Androcles Rupert Frazer Captain Jane Freeman Megaera Stafford Gordon unnamed part Paul Hardgreaves unnamed part Roy Jones unnamed part Peter Land unnamed part Desmond Maurer unnamed part John Tordoff unnamed part
Additional details
- Play tags
- ancient Rome and colonies; Christianity; comedy
Audiovisual sources
- Title
- Androcles and the Lion (BBC, 1983) [in two parts]
- Archive
- BBC Information and Archives [more information]
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Print sources
- Title
- Radio Times, 17 September 1983 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- listing, p. 75
Associated programmes
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