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BACK TO METHUSELAH
A METABIOLOGICAL PENTATEUCH |
| By: |
George Bernard Shaw |
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Paperback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0140450149 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780140450149 |
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| Publisher: |
PENGUIN BOOKS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
10 December, 1987 |
| Pages: |
320 |
| Description: |
Contains a series of five plays including, "In the Beginning: BC 4004" (In the Garden of Eden); "The Gospel of the Brothers Barnabas: Present Day"; "The Thing Happens: AD 2170"; "Tragedy of an Elderly Gentleman: AD 3000"; and, "As Far as Thought Can Reach: AD 31,920". |
| 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; 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: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Penguin Classics |
| Returns: |
Returnable |