This book features in the following series: Dramascripts, Dramascripts Series .

There are 128 pages in this book. This is a play book. This book was published 2002 by Oxford University Press .

David Calcutt writes plays and poems as well as stories. Some of his plays have been broadcast on BBC Radio and some are published for use in schools, youth theaters and colleges. Grahame Baker-Smith won the Kate Greenaway prize in 2011 for his children's book, FArTHER.

This book has the following chapters: Part 1 Creation, fall and flood: rebellion in Heaven; Adam and Eve; Cain and Abel; the flood. Part 2 Birth, death and resurrection: Mary; the shepherds; the slaughter of the innocents; the crucifixion and the resurrection; looking back at the plays.