Godina izdanja: 1972
ISBN: 978-0140480115
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

Publisher: ‎Penguin Books (April 30, 1972)
Paperback: ‎320 pages

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.

About the Author:

BERNARD SHAW was born in Dublin in 1856. Although essentially shy, he created the persona of G. B. S., the showman, satirist, controversialist, critic, pundit, wit, intellectual buffoon and dramatist. Commentators brought a new adjective into English: Shavian, a term used to embody all his brilliant qualities. After his arrival in London in 1876 he became an active Socialist and a brilliant platform speaker. He wrote on many social aspects of the day: on Common Sense about the War (1914), How to Settle the Irish Question (1917) and The Intelligent Woman`s Guide to Socialism and Capitalism (1928). He undertook his own education at the British Museum and consequently became keenly interested in cultural subjects. Thus his prolific output included music, art and theatre reviews, which were collected into several volumes such as Music in London 1890-1894 (3 vols, 1931); Pen Portraits and Reviews (1931); and Our Theatres in the Nineties (3 vols, 1931). He also wrote five novels and some shorter fiction, including The Black Girl in Search of God and Some Lesser Tales and Cashel Byron`s Profession, both published in Penguin`s Bernard Shaw Library. He conducted a strong attack on the London theatre and was closely associated with the intellectual revival of British theatre. His plays fall into several categories: `Plays Pleasant`; `Plays Unpleasant`; comedies; chronicle-plays; `metabiological Pentateuch` (Back to Methuselah, a series of plays); and `political extravaganzas`. Bernard Shaw died in 1950.

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Back to Methuselah (A Metabiological Pentateuch) je serija od pet drama i predgovora Džordža Bernarda Šoa iz 1921. godine. Pet predstava su:

U početku: B.C. 4004 (U rajskom vrtu); Jevanđelje braće Varnave: današnji dan; Stvar se dešava: AD 2170; Tragedija starijeg gospodina: 3000. AD; Koliko misao može doseći: 31.920

Drame su objavljene sa predgovorom pod naslovom Nevernik pola veka, a prvi put izvedene 1922. godine od strane Njujorškog pozorišnog saveza u Garik teatru.

O autoru:

BERNARD ŠO je rođen u Dablinu 1856. Iako u suštini stidljiv, stvorio je personu G. B. S.-a, šoumena, satiričara, kontroverziste, kritičara, stručnjaka, duhovitog, intelektualnog budala i dramatičara. Komentatori su na engleski doneli novi pridev: Shavian, termin koji se koristi za otelotvorenje svih njegovih briljantnih kvaliteta. Nakon dolaska u London 1876. postao je aktivni socijalista i sjajan govornik na platformi. Pisao je o mnogim društvenim aspektima tog dana: o Zdravom razumu o ratu (1914), Kako rešiti irsko pitanje (1917) i Vodiču inteligentne žene kroz socijalizam i kapitalizam (1928). Svoje obrazovanje stekao je u Britanskom muzeju i zbog toga se živo zainteresovao za kulturne predmete. Tako je njegov plodan rad uključivao muzičke, umetničke i pozorišne kritike, koje su sakupljene u nekoliko tomova, kao što je Muzika u Londonu 1890-1894 (3 sveska, 1931); Portreti i kritike perom (1931); i Naša pozorišta devedesetih (3 sveske, 1931). Napisao je i pet romana i kraću beletristiku, uključujući Crnu devojku u potrazi za Bogom i Neke manje priče i Profesija Kešela Bajrona, oba objavljena u Penguinovoj biblioteci Bernarda Šoa. Izveo je snažan napad na londonsko pozorište i bio je blisko povezan sa intelektualnim preporodom britanskog pozorišta. Njegove drame spadaju u nekoliko kategorija: `Plais Pleasant`; `Plais Unpleasant`; komedije; hronike-drame; `metabiološko petoknjižje` (Nazad na Metuzalem, serija drama); i `političke ekstravagancije`. Bernard Šo je umro 1950.