George Bernard (GB) Shaw
(i) Garden of Eden, 4004 BC (ii) A study overlooking Hampstead Heath, 1920 (iii)Official parlour of the President of the British Isles, 2170 AD (iv) Burrin pier on the south shore of Galway Bay, Ireland, 30,000 AD. Later: an ornate temple. (v) A sunlit glade with an altar, 31920 AD.
A series of five short plays on the subject of the evolution of man: (i) In the Beginning (ii) Gospel of Brothers Barnabas (iii)The Thing Happens (iv) Tragedy of an Elderly Gentleman (v) As Far as Thought Can Reach
Drámaí Ginearálta
Sraith drámaí gearra aonaracha
24
19
43
Cast doubling required. Numbers here are from 1924 Royal Court production.
20 February 1923
Produced by Theatre Guild
Garrick Theatre
The play was performed in a cycle, with the first third performed for a week from February 20, and the subsequent sections over the following two weeks.
Back to Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch/ by Bernard Shaw
1987
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Information here is from a preview and a review (of the first two parts only) published in the New York Times, February 28, 1922.