The Creation of the World and Other Business

Onto the scene comes Lucifer, who believes the existence of evil will make sex exciting, and he tempts the couple to eat the forbidden apple.

Original director Harold Clurman and most of the cast, including Barbara Harris and Hal Holbrook, were replaced, and the playwright rewrote most of the material.

[citation needed] After 21 previews, the Broadway production, directed by Gerald Freedman, opened on November 30, 1972, at the Shubert Theatre, where it ran for 20 performances.

[3] The cast included Stephen Elliott as God, Bob Dishy as Adam, Zoe Caldwell as Eve, George Grizzard as Lucifer, and Mark Lamos as Abel.

[citation needed] It was a critical success and Don Nunes, the director accepted the award for best production that year from Esther Rantzen.