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Nov 4, 2003 · Inherit the wind is masterful drama taking inspiration from the 1925 Scopes trial. Brady and Drummond, representations for the real life Bryan and Darrow, are excellently crafted. The argument over the teaching of evolution becomes and argument over free thought. We see two titans battle it out and the fall of a giant.
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- Ballantine Books
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- Jerome Lawrence, Robert E. Lee
Inherit the Wind is a fictionalized account of the 1925 Scopes "Monkey" Trial, which resulted in John T. Scopes ' conviction for teaching Charles Darwin 's theory of evolution to a high school science class, contrary to a Tennessee state law. The role of Matthew Harrison Brady is intended to reflect the personality and beliefs of William ...
- 1955
- United States
- Hillsboro, United States
Word arrives that Brady has died of a “busted belly,” and Cates, Rachel, and Drummond decide to leave together on the train out of town that evening. A short summary of Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee's Inherit the Wind. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of Inherit the Wind.
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Inherit the Wind takes its title from a Bible verse – “He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise in heart” (Proverbs 11:29) – and the verse makes an apt choice for this 1955 play by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee. For this play denounces those who would “trouble their own ...
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About Inherit the Wind. A classic work of American theatre, based on the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925, which pitted Clarence Darrow against William Jennings Bryan in defense of a schoolteacher accused of teaching the theory of evolution The accused was a slight, frightened man who had deliberately broken the law. His trial was a Roman circus.
- Paperback
Books. Inherit the Wind. Jerome Lawrence, Robert Edwin Lee. Dramatists Play Service Inc, 2000 - Drama - 89 pages. This is the play that has as its genesis in the events of the famous Scopes trial. One of the most outstanding dramas of our time. "The portrait it draws of an explosive episode in American culture, vigorously written by Jerome ...
Nov 4, 2003 · Praise for Inherit the Wind "A tidal wave of a drama."—New York World-Telegram And Sun “Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee were classic Broadway scribes who knew how to crank out serious plays for thinking Americans. . . . Inherit the Wind is a perpetually prescient courtroom battle over the legality of teaching evolution. . . . We’re ...
