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((Short description|1912 work by George Bernard Shaw))
((Use dmy dates|date=August 2021))
((Use British English|date=November 2012))
((more citations needed|date=April 2022))

((Infobox play
| name       = Androcles and the Lion
| image      = Androcles-Poster-1938.jpg
| caption    = 1938 [[Federal Theatre Project#African-American theatre|Federal Theatre Project]] production
| writer     = [[George Bernard Shaw]]
| genre      = epic pastiche
| setting    = Ancient Rome
| subject    = A Christian is saved by his devotion to an animal
| premiere   = 1913
| place      = St. James's Theatre, London 
| orig_lang  = English
))

'''''Androcles and the Lion''''' ([[Shavian alphabet|Shavian]]: ·𐑨𐑯𐑛𐑮𐑩𐑒𐑤𐑰𐑟 𐑯 𐑞 𐑤𐑲𐑩𐑯) is a 1912 [[Play (theatre)|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.  In the play, Shaw portrays Androcles to be one of the many Christians being led to the [[Colosseum]] for torture.  Characters in the play exemplify several themes and takes on both modern and supposed [[early Christianity]], including the cultural clash between [[teachings of Jesus|Jesus' teachings]] and traditional Roman values.

==Characters==
((div col|colwidth=30em))
*Androcles (main character)
*The Lion
*Magaera
*Centurion
*Captain
*Lavinia
*Lentulus
*Metellus
*Spintho
*Ferrovius
*Ox-Driver
*Call Boy
*The Editor
*Menagerie Keeper
*Caesar
*Secutor
*Retiariu
((div col end))

==Plot==
[[Androcles]], a fugitive Christian tailor, accompanied by his nagging wife, is on the run from his Roman persecutors. While hiding in the forest he comes upon a wild lion who approaches him with a wounded paw. His wife runs off. Androcles sees that the cause of the animal's distress is a large thorn embedded in its paw, which he draws out while soothing the lion in baby language.

Androcles is captured and is sent to the [[Colosseum]] to be executed with other Christians in gladiatorial combat. They are joined by a new Christian convert called Ferrovius, who struggles to reconcile his Christian principles with his violent inclinations. The Roman captain guarding them is attracted to the genteel convert Lavinia. Eventually the Christians are sent into the arena, but Ferrovius kills all the gladiators before they can harm any Christians. He is offered a job in the [[Praetorian Guard]], which he takes. The Christians are to be released, but the crowd demands blood. To satisfy them, Androcles offers himself to be savaged by lions. But the lion that is supposed to kill him turns out to be the one that Androcles saved, and the two dance around the arena to the delight of the crowd. The emperor comes into the arena to get a closer look, and the lion attacks him. Androcles calls him off and the emperor is saved. He then declares an end to the [[persecution of Christians]]. Androcles and his new 'pet'  depart together.
<gallery mode=packed heights=160px>
File:Androcles-and-the-Lion-Arthur-Wilson.jpg|[[Dooley Wilson]] as Androcles in the 1938 [[Federal Theatre Project]] production
File:Androcles-and-the-Lion-Daniel-Haynes-2.jpg|Daniel L. Haynes as Ferrovius, lighting design by [[Abe Feder]]
File:Androcles-and-the-Lion-Daniel-Haynes.jpg|Daniel L. Haynes as Ferrovius
File:Androcles-and-the-Lion-15.jpg|Scene from the 1938 [[Federal Theatre Project]] production
File:Androcles-Lion-Wilson-Bates.jpg|Dooley Wilson (Androcles) and Add Bates (Lion)
</gallery>

==Preface==
The short play is often printed with a [[preface]] that includes a long examination of the [[Gospel]]s by Shaw, in which Shaw analyzes the Bible and proclaims his findings. In summary, Shaw states that [[Jesus]] was a benevolent genius (in areas ranging from moral to social to economic) who eventually bought into popular ideas of his divinity and impending martyrdom. Shaw goes on to state that the teachings of Jesus were lost with his [[crucifixion]], and that the Christian churches that followed are instead based on the teachings and philosophies of [[Paul the Apostle|Paul]] (see [[Pauline Christianity]]) or [[Barabbas]].  The preface is about twice as long as the play.

==Significance==
[[File:Shaw alphabet paperback.jpg|thumb|Cover image of The [[Shavian alphabet|Shaw Alphabet]] Edition of ''Androcles and the Lion'', 1962 Penguin Books paperback; cover design by [[Germano Facetti]].]]
The play was written at a time when the Christian Church was an important influence on society and there was strong pressure on [[non-believer]]s in public life. The reversal of roles in the play possibly served to evoke empathy from his targeted audience. The characters also represent different "types" of Christian believers. The journey and outcome of each of the characters make it clear which believers Shaw sympathizes with the most, especially with Lavinia. One of the most famous passages of the play is Lavinia's metaphor of capturing a mouse to converting from Christianity to believing in the [[Roman gods]], where Lavinia shows that the most important part of religion is earnestness and a lack of [[hypocrisy]]. Hypocrisy was a characteristic in the Church that Shaw condemned.

The play has themes of [[martyr]]dom and persecution which are portrayed through the vehicle of [[comedy]]. Another point in the play is his position against [[vivisection]], which connected to his philosophy in being a [[vegetarianism|vegetarian]]. In the play, Shaw uses [[slapstick]], verbal wit and [[physical comedy]] to portray his themes.

In compliance with a bequest in Shaw's will, ''Androcles and the Lion'' was the first book printed in his [[Shavian alphabet]] when it was released in that orthography by [[Penguin Books]] in 1962, with an excerpt on the cover, including the title: ((lang|en-Shaw|·𐑨𐑯𐑛𐑮𐑩𐑒𐑤𐑰𐑟 𐑯 𐑞 𐑤𐑲𐑩𐑯)).

==Adaptations==
A film version, ''[[Androcles and the Lion (1952 film)|Androcles and the Lion]]'', was made of the play in 1952, produced by [[Gabriel Pascal]].

There was a [[Androcles and the Lion (1967 film)|TV version in 1967]] with [[Noël Coward]].

A later film version, from 1984, was produced by Ronald Smedley.

A radio version was recorded by BBC Radio in 1967 and was most recently repeated on [[BBC Radio 4 Extra]] on 16 August 2021, [[Leslie French]] playing Androcles.<ref name="BBC 1967">((cite web | title=GB Shaw - Androcles and the Lion | publisher=BBC | date=1967-12-24 | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b039ljct | access-date=2021-08-19))</ref>

During the 2017 Season with [[Tim Carrol]] as artistic director, the Shaw Festival produced a radically different interpretation with an unprecedented amount of audience participation.  The Lion is/was played by an audience member, while a member of the cast chosen before production acted as an [[Master of ceremonies|MC]] that would read the directions for the Lion to follow.  Before the play starts, the cast spends time talking and interacting with the audience at the Courtroom Theatre, and some cast members hand out coloured [[juggling]] balls, to be used to pick the Lion from the audience.  An audience member is called upon at the start of the play to choose a colour (red, green, blue or yellow), and the person holding that colour ball is then chosen as the lion.  During the 2nd act (the march to Rome) the remaining balls could be thrown down onto the "stage" where each ball would call out a different response.  For instance, if the yellow ball was the Lion, the green ball might pull a story, while the blue or red ball would call for what a cast member is thinking of at that particular time.  During intermission the coloured balls would be handed out again, and then once more be able to be thrown down on the "stage" and prompt the actors for other tidbits of information.  One colour would be for a summary of the epilogue, another for something an actor has gleaned from the massive prologue, that sort of thing.<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.shawfest.com/playbill/androcles-and-the-lion/ |title=''Androcles and The Lion'' |publisher=Shaw Festival 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161110055050/http://www.shawfest.com/playbill/androcles-and-the-lion/ |archive-date=10 November 2016 |access-date=26 September 2017 ))</ref>

==References==
((Reflist))

==Further reading==
* ((cite journal|author=Dorwick, Keith|title=Joined Together as One: The Animal Dances in Androcles and the Lion|journal=Shaw|volume=38|issue=1|year=2018|pages=66–87|doi=10.5325/shaw.38.1.0066 |jstor=10.5325/shaw.38.1.0066 |s2cid=187081482 |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5325/shaw.38.1.0066))

==External links ==
((Gutenberg | no=4003 | name=Androcles and the Lion ))
* ((ibdb show|1582))
((George Bernard Shaw))

((Commons category|Androcles and the Lion))
((Wikisource|Androcles and the Lion (Shaw)))
((Wikisource|Preface to Androcles and the Lion))

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