Shaw, Bernard,  1856-1950 <br/><br/>
Androcles and the Lion 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Androcles_and_the_Lion_(play)  Release date is 2003-05-01 
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<br/><br/> "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. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>English drama (Comedy) 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PR