Back to Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch

Back to Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch ( 1918 – 20 )
is an infrequently performed cycle of five plays by Bernard Shaw , beginning in the Garden of Eden and reaching the year ad 31,920, which examines the metaphysical implications of longevity. Shaw revised the text and its preface, and added a postscript, in the mid-1940s when choosing Back to Methuselah to represent his work in the Oxford University Press World's Classics series .