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Androcles and the Lion: Directed by Joe Layton. With Norman Wisdom, Noël Coward, Ed Ames, Brian Bedford. The story of Androcles, the simple-hearted Christian tailor whose friendship with a lion saves himself and his friends from martyrdom in the Roman Colosseum.
Androcles, a simple-hearted Christian tailor, becomes friends with a lion by removing a thorn from his paw. Later, the lion saves Androcles and his friends from martyrdom in the Roman Colosseum. Cast. Norman Wisdom as Androcles; Inga Swenson as Lavinia; Noël Coward as Caesar; Ed Ames as Ferrovius; Geoffrey Holder as Lion; John ...
Androcles and the Lion by Ed Ames, Noël Coward, Norman Wisdom released in 1967. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
Starring Norman Wisdom as Androcles, with Geoffrey Holder as the Lion, Noël Coward as Caesar and Patricia Routledge as Megaera, the production also featured such theatre notables as Ed Ames, Brian Bedford, John Cullum and Inga Swenson.
CAST Noël Coward as Caesar Ed Ames as Ferrovius Inga Swenson as Lavinia Brian Bedford as Lentulus John Cullum as Captain Norman Wisdom as Androcles Patricia Routledge as Megaera Kurt Kasznar as Manager William Redfield as Spintho George Mathews as Centurion Geoffrey Holder as The Lion Clifford David as Metellus Bill Hickey as Keeper Bill Starr as Retiarius George Reeder as Secutor Music and ...
Androcles and the Lion (Shavian: ·𐑨𐑯𐑛𐑮𐑩𐑒𐑤𐑰𐑟 𐑯 𐑞 𐑤𐑲𐑩𐑯) is a 1912 play written by George Bernard Shaw. The play is Shaw's retelling of the tale of Androcles, a slave who is saved by the requiting mercy of a lion.
A musical based on the German fable about Androcles, a meek Christian tailor who crosses the path of an injured lion and removes a painful thorn from its paw. Later, when Androcles and a group of Christians are captured by the Romans and destined to be eaten by lions in the Coliseum, his life is sp.
