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The Diaries
of Adam and Eve
Adapted by David
Mirney
From Adam's
Diary and Diary for Eve by Mark Twain
September 14,
2010
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Originally
broadcast on American Playhouse, this delightful
adaptation is set in a Victorian garden and is
structured as a series of diary entries by Adam and Eve.
The play also works as a reader's theatre piece. At
first, Adam is puzzled by the new arrival in the garden
and he is suspicious of her disturbing appetite for
fruit. Eve, believing herself to be some sort of
experiment, is curious about another experiment in the
garden, perhaps some sort of reptile or possibly
architecture. Eve gives names to everything, much to
Adam's annoyance. He tries to ignore her, so she seeks
companionship among the animals particularly with a
certain snake. Adam and Eve grow to love each other and,
in the end, an elderly Adam is filled with a realization
of that love as he stands at Eve's grave.
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Written by: David Birney
From Adam's Diary and
Diary for Eve by Mark Twain
Directed by: David Dietz
Performances September 14, 2010, 7:30 pm at the
Historic Monon Depot
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