Item
Androcles and the Lion
- Title
- en_US Androcles and the Lion
- Description
- en_US Bernard Shaw
- Creator
- en_US Shaw, Bernard See all items with this value
- Date
- 2016-01-25T16:07:55Z
- en_US 1992-08
- en_US 1962
- Date Available
- 2016-01-25T16:07:55Z
- Date Issued
- en_US 1951
- Abstract
- en_US I am delighted at last to have the opportunity to read the play. (The book contains some one hundred pages of stuff--mini-essays?--before the play starts, and a few pages of explanation after it.) Androcles is a Christian Greek tailor, known for his sorcery with animals, whom he loves dearly. He exists within a strong cast of characters including his wife Megaera, a rather handsome pampered slattern; Ferrovius, the fierce fighter; Lavinia, the beautiful, forthright, sometimes doubting believer; the Roman Captain; and the Emperor. As Shaw constructs it, the play becomes an examination of allegiances and motives around the question of imperialism. He writes here without apostrophes in his contractions. Was this book really sold once at Macy's for $.68?
- Identifier
- en_US 1866 (Access ID)
- Language
- en_US eng
- Publisher
- en_US Penguin Books
- en_US Baltimore
- Subject
- en_US PR5363.A15 1951 See all items with this value
- en_US Book containing one fable See all items with this value
- en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value
- Type
- en_US Book, Whole
- Item sets
- Carlson Fable Collection Books