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Back to Methuselah (In the Beginning; The Gospel of the Brothers Barnabas; The Thing Happens; Tragedy of an Elderly Gentleman; As Far as Thought Can Reach)

Back to Methuselah (In the Beginning; The Gospel of the Brothers Barnabas; The Thing Happens; Tragedy of an Elderly Gentleman; As Far as Thought Can Reach)

    Author: George Bernard Shaw

    First Performance: 1922

    Published: 1921

    Genre: Cycle of 5 dramas: (1) 3 acts, (2–3) 1 act, (4) 3 acts, (5) 1 act and an epilogue

    Setting: (1) The Garden of Eden and Mesopotamia, 4004–3700 BC; (2) Britain, 1920; (3) Britain, 2170; (4) Ireland, 3000; (5) Britain, 31920

    Cast: (1) 2m, 2f; (2) 5m, 2f; (3) 4m, 2f; (4) 4m, 4f; (5) 7m, 5f, extras

    (1) In the Beginning. Adam and Eve are alarmed when they encounter their first dead creature in the Garden of Eden. The wise Serpent explains that Lilith renewed life by tearing herself into two to create the first man and woman. While Eve remains optimistic, Adam is timid and...

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