Back to Methuselah
George Bernard Shaw
Back To Methuselah
by Bernard Shaw
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Synopsis
"Back to Methuselah" (A Metabiological Pentateuch) is a 1921 series of five plays and a preface by George Bernard Shaw.
The five plays are: "In the Beginning: B.C. 4004" (In the Garden of Eden); "The Gospel of the Brothers Barnabas: Present Day"; "The Thing Happens: A.D. 2170"; "Tragedy of an Elderly Gentleman: A.D. 3000"; and, "As Far as Thought Can Reach: A.D. 31,920".
The plays were published with a preface titled The Infidel Half Century, and first performed in 1922 by the New York Theatre Guild at the Garrick Theatre.
Publication
Publisher Penguin
Year 1988
Binding Paperback
Pages 320
Place London
Language English
ISBN-13 9780140450149
ISBN-10 0140450149
Back To Methuselah is a British play written by Bernard Shaw and published by Penguin in London (1988).
Digital editions available on Amazon Kindle, Apple Books .
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