Shaw's tale of early Christianity, starring an amiable chap who refuses to hunt or kill and who befriends animals to the degree that he is able to remove a thorn from a lion's paw. Androcles is captured and taken with other Christians to the Coliseum. When the hour arrives for them to be thrown to the lions, it is the grateful beast befriended by Androcles in the arena - a miracle sufficient to make Caesar declare Rome Christian. (Samuel French, Inc)