Androcles and the Lion
Americannoun
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Born in Kuala Lumpur, Gough started his career in the 1946 television movie Androcles and the Lion.
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2011
In that year he met G.B.S., played in Shaw's Androcles and the Lion and The Doctor's Dilemma.
From Time Magazine Archive
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One suggested that the beast cut its paw on a Coca-Cola bottle, another thought the lion was a character actor from a traveling troupe of Shaw's Androcles and the Lion.
From Time Magazine Archive
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A dash of Shaw is offered in Androcles and the Lion.
From Time Magazine Archive
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That is the mood, at any rate, of Androcles and the Lion.
From The Book of This and That by Lynd, Robert
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