Description
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.
Hardcover. 254 pages.
In good preloved condition. Top edge gilt. This is a former library copy and contains several marks, stamps, and stickers on the first and last page. A library number has been written on the spine of the book and there is some moderate fraying to the top and bottom of the spine. Several spots and marks visible to the front and back cover. The dust cover is missing.