This play sets the scene for a curse-breaking act of love. It is set in a place before the knowledge and acceptance of Jesus. God has set man up with total freedom, including freedom to choose whatever he wants. God even goes to lengths to ensure that this creation of his can and is free to choose against his God, but must accept the consequences.
The scene, a sumptuous garden set in a world of peace and harmony. Trees of every description, size, and fruit. Rivers, fruit bushes and of course a mango tree. Nothing marring the landscape and nothing to destroy the total beauty of the place. We’re in Eden; the garden planted by God for the pinnacle of his creation, man.
God: Adam.
Adam: What a brilliant place this is, the flowers, trees and Lion.
God We took ages thinking up Lion, quite a creature. Yes were happy with it all. Its all good, and as for you, well you top it all. As I said before – welcome to earth.
Adam How did it all come about, I mean tell me about you.
God: How long have you got
Adam: Eternity. [Pause] How long will it take?
God: Eternity. [Pause] How big do you think I am?
Adam: Infinity
God: So we’ve got eternity to discover infinity, but then I’m not even as small as infinity, so I need a lot more of you to work for eternity discovering me. Cool!
Adam: But how exactly are you going to multiply me?
God: While you were sleeping. [Pause] I thought you’d like some company so I took the liberty of making a genetic copy. [Laughing] I took one of your ribs and…
Narrator [Enter Eve]
Adam: Cool, Wow, man
God: Your name making is improving; we’ll miss off the ‘cool’ bit just go for Woman.
Adam: A copy of me but so different and so lovely. What a friend. Thanks
[The discourse continues with the three now]
God: What have I given you?
Adam: Everything
God: Everything? [Questioning]
Adam: Well nearly Everything, Everything except that tree [Pointing at the Knowledge Tree]
God: That’s right
Adam: What’s death?
God: You mean, how, you can’t die, you’re made from me
Adam: So what’s death?
God: Do you really want to know? I’ve given you everything to enjoy and eternity to enjoy it in, but you can choose. Choose to disobey me, and you die.
Adam: Why should I do that, its only one tree?
God: Well, how do I know you love me unless I test you? So it’s there. Enjoy it and you die, enjoy me and you live.
Narrator: Some time later
Adam: Eve, that’s a great help, I’d no idea what to call that one, stripy just didn’t sound right. Zebra, Zebra [testing the word]
Eve: The moment I saw it, it reminded me of the black and white stripes we used to use to cross the Abby Road. They’ve built a underpass now. We couldn’t call it ‘Underpass’, just wouldn’t sound right.
Adam: I’m off to see some other things. So much to see, I wonder just how God managed to make it all. I’ll get some Mango for dinner, see if you can find some pineapple.
Eve: Look out for the big one, with the long neck and the long tail, and green. He likes to give rides on his back, problem is, it’s difficult to stay up, I keep sliding down to the bottom again and he has to lift me up. I can see right over the hills from on top. How about calling it Bronto since he saw us first and came over to say hello.
Adam: Sounds, let’s see, Bronto saw us. Well it’s better than the last, Tricycle tops because he’s got three prongs on his head.
[Adam starts walking off calling his friend]. Lion [Quite loudly second time] Lion, here kitty kitty;
Adam now walks off stage. (with a lion if one can be found)
Narr 3: What they don’t know is that the Advisors have been listening in and are awaiting the moment that Adam goes off so they can have a little discussion with Eve.
Eve: [Musing to herself, talking softly]
I wonder just why God put THAT tree here. It looks too delicious, but it’s not for us.
Me: Yes its good for me, so much ME
Eve: What was that!
Eyewant: It looks so delicious I do want it
Eve: Yes but God, I love him, I don’t want to do what he doesn’t want. I’ll die. He said…
Covert Nice to have knowledge,
Deceipt: You won’t Die; [Aside] well not the body, ha, ha
Eve: Get away the lot of you, who are you anyway
Me: Introducing ME, I’m tops around here, your friend. I take care of myself
Deci Introducing a powerful solution to overcome
Eve: But overcome what?
Covert Overcome and be great, wise, know it all, even Do it All
Eyewant: Looks good that fruit, succulent, full of interesting tastes, why not HAVE it
Deceipt: What was it exactly that God said to you
Eve: Die, Die if I eat it, the fruit. [Nervous]
Deceipt: NO NO NO, [Laughing]
Eyewant: I want to be a millionaire, and only God is that
Covert: Being like God, being wise. You know, knowing.
Eve: I must say it does look good, and wisdom. Well what a quick way to get wisdom
Eyewant: I want to be wise, I want to be rich, I want to be famous
Deci You don’t need, you just want, where’s the harm in that.
Me Oh I do like being wise, it fits me like a real fur coat
Deceipt: Be careful, don’t loose out on the GOOD things
Covert: Be like God
Deci Be Wise
Narr 2 Shaking a little, Eve reaches up and takes the fruit from one of the lower branches, tingling with excitement she open her mouth and bites into the Fruit.
Eve: Wow, what a lovely fruit, and now I’ll be wise, wise. Wait till I see Adam.
Eve: Adam
Adam: Hey what - Eve, you’d never guess what I’ve been up to
Eve: [Nervous]Adam
Adam This Lion, I called it Lion because of its main, and its so strong. He took me up to the top of that tree and we could see for miles around. It’s great.
Eve: This fruit is great, so wise
Adam: Where did you get it from
Eve: That tree
Adam: THAT tree, no. no. no. Not THAT tree, what have you done?
Eve: Well nothing really
Adam: THAT tree is spiked with death
Eve: So I’m alive, and I know what’s what now
Adam: Why didn’t God tell us the truth?
Eve: Here try some
Adam: Yippee, some taste that
Eve: Makes you wise
Adam: Tasty
Eve: Level with God
Adam: So delicious
Eve: Like God. You’ll know.
Narr 1: [At this point God
returns for his update time. Adam and eve look around for a place to hide]
Adam: Oh NO, its God. What have we done. I’ve never felt like this before. I’m cut off. Excluded.
Eve: Here quick, put these over you, you’re
Adam: I’m not wearing anything, how do I know that
Eve: He was right, it’s all in the fruit
Adam: Oh why didn’t you listen
Eve: Oh why did YOU listen
God: [Calling] Adam, where are you
Adam: Er Here God
God: Why were you hiding
Adam: I can’t look at you, you’re so good
God: Have you been listening to other advice
Adam: Its Eve, Eve the helper you gave to me. She’s so wise
Eve: I heard the voices, they said I was going to be wise
God: I said, don’t. You’ve broken the special thing we had because you listened to the other things that sounded so good. You can no longer share this place with me. I’ve set a curse on you, and your offspring, you will surly die. As I live, you will die. You chose to rely on your judgement now you’ll have to rely on your own efforts. However when a man chooses to rely entirely on me, even if it costs his blood, I can then change the curse.
Narr 1: God then took a lamb, and killed it, letting its blood soak into the rich soil, and with tears in his eyes he took the skin and very carefully crafted two sets of cloths and gave them to Adam and Eve.
God: I’ll break the curse, but It’ll have to be avenged for.
[Looking around, he got the advisors.] You’ll pay for this too. This woman will strike you head, but not until after you’ve struck his heel. Blood will flow once again.
Now out of here all of you. Choose to do it your way and you can have it your way.
Hanemel and Aenemel, two servants of truth, stand guard here at the gates until the truthful one walks up with his blood. No one gets into my presence until loving my commands is more highly prized than personnel gain.