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A Metabiological Pentateuch

by George Bernard Shaw
Paperback
Publication Date: 10/12/1987

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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.
ISBN:
9780140450149
9780140450149
Category:
Plays
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
10-12-1987
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
320
Dimensions (mm):
198x129x35mm
Weight:
0.5kg
George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw was born in Dublin in 1856 and moved to London in 1876. He initially wrote novels then went on to achieve fame through his career as a journalist, critic and public speaker. A committed and active socialist, he was one of the leaders of the Fabian Society. He was a prolific and much lauded playwright and was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. He died in 1950.

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