Androcles and the Lion
- First published
- 1914
- Reading level
- Easy
- Price
- Free
About the book
"Androcles and the Lion" by Bernard Shaw is a play written in 1912. It retells the ancient fable of a Christian slave who removes a thorn from a lion's paw. When Androcles is later sentenced to die in the Roman Colosseum, he faces the same grateful lion in the arena. Shaw crafted this work as a response to religious melodramas and children's plays he found lacking, blending humor, faith, and unexpected mercy into a tale of compassion rewarded.
- English drama (Comedy)
Updated September 2026. Public domain in the USA. Text and summary from Project Gutenberg eBook #4003. Androcles and the Lion on Wikipedia.
