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Back to Methuselah
Broadway
Original
Back to Methuselah
Broadway
Original
Garrick Theatre
67 W. 35th St., New York, NY, New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
Back to Methuselah
was presented in three parts. Part 1 opened on February 27, 1922; Part 2 opened on March 6, 1922; and Part 3 opened on March 13, 1922.
playwright:
George Bernard Shaw
People (21)
Walter Abel
Acis
(Original)
Martha-Bryan Allen
The Envoy's Daughter
(Original)
The Newly-Born
(Original)
Clelia Benjamin
Ecrasia
(Original)
Albert Bruning
Franklyn Barnabas
(Original)
The Elderly Gentleman
(Original)
George Gaul
Adam
(Original)
Napoleon
(Original)
The Ghost of Adam
(Original)
The Male Figure
(Original)
Stanley Howlett
Arjillax
(Original)
Haslam
(Original)
The Archbishop of York
(Original)
Moffat Johnston
Barnabas, the Accountant General
(Original)
Conrad Barnabas
(Original)
The He-Ancient
(Original)
A. P. Kaye
Burge-Lubin, President of the British Isles
(Original)
Joyce-Burge
(Original)
Pygmalion
(Original)
The Envoy
(Original)
Claude King
Confucius, the Chief Secretary
(Original)
Lubin
(Original)
Martellus
(Original)
Zozim
(Original)
Dennis King
Cain
(Original)
Strephon
(Original)
The Ghost of Cain
(Original)
Shirley King
The Envoy's Wife
(Original)
Ernita Lascelles
Eve
(Original)
The Female Figure
(Original)
The Ghost of Eve
(Original)
The Woman
(Original)
Mary Lawton
Lilith
(Original)
The Minister of Health
(Original)
Eleanor Woodruff
A Maiden
(Original)
Savvy
(Original)
Zoo
(Original)
Margaret Wycherly
Mrs. Lutestring, the Domestic Minister
(Original)
The Oracle
(Original)
The Parlor Maid
(Original)
The She-Ancient
(Original)
The Voice of The Serpent
(Original)
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Walter Abel
Acis
(Original)
Martha-Bryan Allen
The Envoy's Daughter
(Original)
The Newly-Born
(Original)
Clelia Benjamin
Ecrasia
(Original)
Albert Bruning
Franklyn Barnabas
(Original)
The Elderly Gentleman
(Original)
George Gaul
Adam
(Original)
Napoleon
(Original)
The Ghost of Adam
(Original)
The Male Figure
(Original)
Stanley Howlett
Arjillax
(Original)
Haslam
(Original)
The Archbishop of York
(Original)
Moffat Johnston
Barnabas, the Accountant General
(Original)
Conrad Barnabas
(Original)
The He-Ancient
(Original)
A. P. Kaye
Burge-Lubin, President of the British Isles
(Original)
Joyce-Burge
(Original)
Pygmalion
(Original)
The Envoy
(Original)
Claude King
Confucius, the Chief Secretary
(Original)
Lubin
(Original)
Martellus
(Original)
Zozim
(Original)
Dennis King
Cain
(Original)
Strephon
(Original)
The Ghost of Cain
(Original)
Shirley King
The Envoy's Wife
(Original)
Ernita Lascelles
Eve
(Original)
The Female Figure
(Original)
The Ghost of Eve
(Original)
The Woman
(Original)
Mary Lawton
Lilith
(Original)
The Minister of Health
(Original)
Eleanor Woodruff
A Maiden
(Original)
Savvy
(Original)
Zoo
(Original)
Margaret Wycherly
Mrs. Lutestring, the Domestic Minister
(Original)
The Oracle
(Original)
The Parlor Maid
(Original)
The She-Ancient
(Original)
The Voice of The Serpent
(Original)
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George Bernard Shaw
Writer
Alice Lewisohn
Staged Part II (The Gospel of the Brothers Barnabas)
Agnes Morgan
Staged Part II (The Gospel of the Brothers Barnabas)
Frank Reicher
Staged Part IV (The Tragedy of an Elderly Gentleman)
Philip Moeller
Staged Part V (As Far as Thought Can Reach)
The Theatre Guild
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Feb
27
1922
Closing Date
Apr
29
1922
Performances
25
as of Dec 04, 2025
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