Androcles there a story told by Apion in his lost work "Aegyptiacorum" (Wonders of Egypt), the events of which Apion claimed to have personally witnessed in Rome. In this version, Androclus (going by the Latin variation of the name), is a runaway slave of a former Roman consul administering a part of Africa. He takes shelter in a cave, which turns out to be the den of a wounded lion, from whose paw he removes a large thorn. In gratitude, the lion becomes tame towards him and henceforward shares his catch with the slave. After three years, Androclus craves a return
A Rose Without a Thorn was adapted for Australian radio by Max Afford in 1940, a production much revived. It was also filmed by British TV in 1948. A Rose Without a Thorn A Rose without a Thorn is a 1958 Australian TV play about King Henry VIII's marriage to Katherine Howard. It was directed by Alan Burke from a play by Clifford Bax. The play was shown live in Sydney, recorded, then shown in Melbourne. It was the first production directed by Alan Burke after he joined the ABC full-time. Burke would go on to be one of the leading directors of the early