Androcles and the Lion


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The series is a collection of four famousstories from Europe highlighting the valuesof compassion, bravery and determination.These stories are popular across the globe.




Androcles and the Lion


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Presents an irreverent dramatization of the popular fable written in the style of Italian commedia dell 'arte.




Androcles and the Lion


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A RETELLING OF THE AESOP FABLE DESCRIBING THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE MEETING BETWEEN THE SLAVE ANDROCLES AND A WOUNDED LION.




The Sleeping Beauty


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A retelling of the traditional tale in which Dick Whittington travels to London to make his fortune. Also contains a simple play based on the tale intended to be read aloud or performed by children. Suggested level: junior, primary.




Androcles and the Lion


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Androcles and the Lion - Bernard Shaw Androcles and the Lion is a 1912 play written by George Bernard Shaw. The play is Shaw's retelling of the tale of Androcles, a slave who is saved by the requited 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 cultural clash between Jesus' teachings and traditional Roman values.




Androcles and the Lion


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A retelling of the fable originally written by Apion, an Egyptian living in Rome around 40 A.D., in which Androcles, a runaway slave, befriends a wounded lion.




Androcles and the Lion


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"Androcles and the Lion" is a play by George Bernard Shaw. In the play, Shaw retells the tale of Androcles, a slave who is saved by the requiting mercy of a lion. The play's central theme is the ideological call differences between Jesus' teachings and traditional Roman values.




Aesop's Fables


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A collection of animal fables told by the Greek slave Aesop.




Andy and the Lion


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In this retelling of Androcles and the Lion, Andy meets a lion on the way to school and wins his friendship for life by removing a thorn from his paw.




Androcles and the Lion


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