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Androcles and the Lion
Broadway
Original
Androcles and the Lion
Broadway
Original
Lafayette Theatre
132nd St. and 7th Ave., New York, NY, New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
George Bernard Shaw
People (25)
Add Bates
Lion
(Original)
Alonzo Bozan
Menagerie Keeper
(Original)
Julian Costello
Ox-driver
(Original)
Maurice Ellis
Caesar
(Original)
Charles Johnson
Beggar
(Original)
J. Louis Johnson
Editor
(Original)
Paul Johnson
Secutor
(Original)
Joseph Pope Jones
Retiarius
(Original)
John Milton Lacey
Call-boy
(Original)
Al Moore
Metellus
(Original)
Thomas Mosely
Centurian
(Original)
Hilda Offley
Megaera
(Original)
Wardell Saunders
Spintho
(Original)
P. Jay Sidney
Captain
(Original)
Edna Thomas
Lavinia
(Original)
Percy Verwayne
Lentulus
(Original)
Arthur Wilson
Androcles
(Original)
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Add Bates
Lion
(Original)
Alonzo Bozan
Menagerie Keeper
(Original)
Julian Costello
Ox-driver
(Original)
Maurice Ellis
Caesar
(Original)
Charles Johnson
Beggar
(Original)
J. Louis Johnson
Editor
(Original)
Paul Johnson
Secutor
(Original)
Joseph Pope Jones
Retiarius
(Original)
John Milton Lacey
Call-boy
(Original)
Al Moore
Metellus
(Original)
Thomas Mosely
Centurian
(Original)
Hilda Offley
Megaera
(Original)
Wardell Saunders
Spintho
(Original)
P. Jay Sidney
Captain
(Original)
Edna Thomas
Lavinia
(Original)
Percy Verwayne
Lentulus
(Original)
Arthur Wilson
Androcles
(Original)
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George Bernard Shaw
Writer
George Couvreur
Music
Samuel Rosen
Staging
Manuel Essman
Scenic Design
Perry Watkins
Costume Design
Feder
Lighting Design
Federal Theatre Project of The WPA
Producer
Philip Barber
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Dec
16
1938
Closing Date
Apr
15
1939
Performances
104
as of Jan 31, 2026
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