A Pound on Demand / Androcles and the Lion
One Act - Original
International Theatre
Data not verified
- First Preview:
- Opening Date: December 19, 1946
- Closing Date: February 22, 1947
- Previews: 0
- Performances: 40
- A Pound on Demand / Androcles and the Lion is comprised of A Pound on Demand, Androcles and the Lion
Playwright: George Bernard Shaw, Sean O'Casey
Synopsis
An evening of two one-act plays, Sean O'Casey's A Pound on Demand and George Bernard Shaw's Androcles and the Lion.
A Pound on Demand is a comedy in which a drunk and his sober sidekick must settle the matter of his account in a Dublin post office.
In Androcles and the Lion, a Christian slave in ancient Rome is thrown to the lions but saved by the lion's mercy.
A Pound on Demand: Opening Night Cast
| Philip Bourneuf | Jerry | |
| Cavada Humphrey | Girl in Charge | |
| Eugene Stuckmann | Policeman | |
| Ernest Truex | Sammy | |
| Margaret Webster | Woman |
A Pound on Demand: Opening Night Production Credits
| Sean O'Casey | Writer | |
| Victor Jory | Staging | |
| Wolfgang Roth | Scenic Design | |
| Wolfgang Roth | Costume Design | |
| John Yorke | General Manager | |
| Wolfe Kaufman | General Press Representative |
Androcles and the Lion: Opening Night Cast
| Margaret Webster | Woman | |
| Ernest Truex | Androcles | |
| John C. Becher | Lion | |
| Philip Bourneuf | Caesar | |
| Angus Cairns | Metellus | |
| June Duprez | Lavinia | |
| Marion Evensen | Megaera | |
| Raymond Greenleaf | Editor | |
| Victor Jory | Ferrovius |
Androcles and the Lion: Opening Night Production Credits
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George Bernard Shaw | Writer |
| Margaret Webster | Director | |
| Wolfgang Roth | Scenic Design | |
| Wolfgang Roth | Costume Design | |
| John Yorke | General Manager | |
| Wolfe Kaufman | General Press Representative |
