Back to Methuselah

by George Bernard Shaw

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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.

  • ISBN10 8184568681
  • ISBN13 9788184568684
  • Publish Date 11 January 2008 (first published 12 December 1947)
  • Publish Status Unknown
  • Imprint Tutis Digital Pub
  • Edition Large type / large print edition
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 684
  • Language English