In Performance
A notable stage production was first presented at the Mermaid Theatre on 3 October 1961, directed by Frank Dunlop, and designed by Roy Noakes. It was presented in a double bill with another of Shaw's plays, The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet. The cast was as follows:
- Androcles--Davy Kaye
- The Lion--Cal McCord
- Megaera--Josephine Tewson
- Centurion--Daniel Thorndike
- Captain--Edward de Souza
- Lavinia--Jill Bennett
- Lentulus--Jeremy Spenser
- Metellus--Richard Hampton
- Spintho--Alan MacNaughtan
- Ferrovius--Peter Prowse
- Ox-Driver--Ronald Robinson
- Call Boy--Robin Ferriday
- The Editor--Frank Windsor
- Menagerie Keeper--Roger Kemp
- Caesar--Ronald Fraser
- Secutor--Jonathan Burn
- Retiariu--Clive Elliott
A film version, Androcles and the Lion was made of the play in 1952, produced by Gabriel Pascal. A later film version is from 1973, produced by Ronald Smedley.
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