UK, 28 August 1951
black and white, 4:3
mono, English
A British fantasy television play directed, uncredited, by Desmond Davis.
Plot Summary
Androcles helps an injured lion in the forest and is spared by the same creature when they meet again in the Arena.
Credits
* = uncredited
Crew
Director: Desmond Davis *
BBC
Producer: Desmond Davis
Play: George Bernard Shaw
Designer: Richard Greenough
Cast
Toke Townley (Androcles)
Lionel Harris (lion)
Margaret Johnston (Lavinia)
Terence Longden [real name: Terence Longdon] (Metellus)
Harold Siddons (Lentulus)
Nora Loos (Megaera)
Ralph Truman (Ferrovius)
John Gabriel (Spintho)
Michael Gough (captain)
Basil Cunard (centurion)
Harold Siddons (Secutor)
Basil Cunard (Retiarius)
Raymond Lovell (Caesar)
Julian Somers (editor)
Denis Shaw (menagerie keeper)
Lionel Harris (call boy)
References
Periodicals
- Radio Times vol.112 no.1450 (24 August 1951) p.43 – article (A Doll comes to Life by Lionel Hale)
