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'''Children of Eden''' is a musical play with music and lyrics by [[Stephen Schwartz (composer)|Stephen Schwartz]]. It is ''loosely'' based on the Book of Genesis.
==Summary==
Act I tells the story of [[Adam]] and [[Eve]] and their fall from grace, and then of their sons [[Cain]], [[Abel]] and [[Seth]] and Act II deals with [[Noah]] and the [[Great Flood]]. It uses the same cast for both acts, recasting Adam as Noah, Eve as Noah's Wife, and Cain, Able and Seth as [[Japheth]], [[Ham]] and [[Shem]] respectively. God, always referred to only as "Father," appears in both acts, but interacts only with Adam, Eve and Noah. The rest of the characters cannot hear him, and must rely on those who can to tell them what he's saying.
==Deviations from Fact==
The musical is clearly a fictionalized account, which deviates from the Biblical story many places and should not be taken as a full factual account. For example: in the play Adam is forced to choose between Eden and Eve, knowing she is going to be expelled and chooses not to listen to God imploring him to choose Eden, and Noah must make a difficult decision regarding Japheth's wife, (who in the play is a descendant of Cain) while unable to hear God because of his doubts if the rain will ever stop. Neither of these things happened in the Bible. Most of this inaccuracy stems from an attempt to create parallels where none truly exist in the Bible and tie together the two stories.
==Themes==
The main themes of the musical redeem it's factual inaccuracies. They are: the importance of the Heavenly Father's guidance, and the (although relatively lesser, still existing) importance of one's earthly father's guidance.
In the stage story, Adam and Noah both demonstrate the weight of the responsibility on a father's shoulders of making decisions for their family, and how much harder those decisions are when one does not listen to God's guidance.
==Summary==
Act I tells the story of [[Adam]] and [[Eve]] and their fall from grace, and then of their sons [[Cain]], [[Abel]] and [[Seth]] and Act II deals with [[Noah]] and the [[Great Flood]]. It uses the same cast for both acts, recasting Adam as Noah, Eve as Noah's Wife, and Cain, Able and Seth as [[Japheth]], [[Ham]] and [[Shem]] respectively. God, always referred to only as "Father," appears in both acts, but interacts only with Adam, Eve and Noah. The rest of the characters cannot hear him, and must rely on those who can to tell them what he's saying.
==Deviations from Fact==
The musical is clearly a fictionalized account, which deviates from the Biblical story many places and should not be taken as a full factual account. For example: in the play Adam is forced to choose between Eden and Eve, knowing she is going to be expelled and chooses not to listen to God imploring him to choose Eden, and Noah must make a difficult decision regarding Japheth's wife, (who in the play is a descendant of Cain) while unable to hear God because of his doubts if the rain will ever stop. Neither of these things happened in the Bible. Most of this inaccuracy stems from an attempt to create parallels where none truly exist in the Bible and tie together the two stories.
==Themes==
The main themes of the musical redeem it's factual inaccuracies. They are: the importance of the Heavenly Father's guidance, and the (although relatively lesser, still existing) importance of one's earthly father's guidance.
In the stage story, Adam and Noah both demonstrate the weight of the responsibility on a father's shoulders of making decisions for their family, and how much harder those decisions are when one does not listen to God's guidance.