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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Shaw, George Bernard
Shaw, George Bernard
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Androcles And The Lion: A Fable Play (1911-1912)
Characters
Androcles
A Greek tailor of no determinable age.
Megaera
His shrewish wife.
The Lion
A likeable beast.
Lavinia
A young Christian woman.
The Captain
A handsome Roman officer.
Caesar
Emperor of Rome (but not Julius Caesar).
Lentulus
Fashionable Romans.
Metellus
Fashionable Romans.
Spintho
Fashionable Romans.
Ferrovius
A Christian convert of great strength, brother of Lavinia.
Centurion
A kind of army Sergeant.
Editor
In charge of the gladiatorial games.
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