ABSTRACT
First presented by the Theatre Guild at the Garrick Theatre, New York in 1922.
In his preface Shaw says that he has written this play as a contribution to the modern Bible.
In this first section - ‘In the Beginning’ - Adam and Eve are in the Garden of Eden and, curled around the branches of a great tree, is an immense Serpent. Adam has discovered a fawn lying with its neck broken. He calls to Eve and together they try to revive the creature. It is their first experience of death and they are very frightened. As Adam goes off to throw the fawn’s body into the river, the Serpent becomes visible, glowing in wonderful new colours. She rears her head slowly and speaks seductively into Eve’s ear.
