Androcles and the Lion (play) run from his Roman persecutors. While hiding in the forest he comes upon a wild lion who approaches him with a wounded paw. His wife runs off. Androcles sees that the cause of the animal's distress is a large thorn embedded in its paw, which he draws out while soothing the lion in baby language. Androcles is captured and is sent to the Colosseum to be executed with other Christians in gladiatorial combat. They are joined by a new Christian convert called Ferrovius, who struggles to reconcile his Christian principles with his violent inclinations. The Roman captain guarding them is
Gregory Paw Paw moved to Philadelphia. Paw prosecuted political corruption and narcotics cases, including the prosecution of the Majority Leader of the Pennsylvania Senate who hid payments from a business while sponsoring legislation to benefit that business. Paw also prosecuted a Philadelphia Police Department officer who warned a large drug group of pending police raids, and as well as prosecuted a probation officer who extorted bribes from probationers. In 2003, Paw was named by American Lawyer magazine as one of eleven rising stars among federal prosecutors nationwide. In 2005, Paw was named Deputy United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania,