false 253264 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173161322m/253264.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173161322s/253264.jpg  Winners Christopher Plummer and Brian Dennehy, and Directed by Tony Award® Winner Doug Hughes

The accused was a slight, frightened man who had deliberately broken the law. His trial was a Roman circus, the chief gladiators being the two great legal giants of the century. Locked in mortal combat, they bellowed and roared imprecations and abuse. The spectators sat uneasily in the sweltering heat with murder in their hearts, barely able to restrain themselves. At stake was the freedom of every American.

“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 still arguing this case–all the way to the White House.”
–Chicago Tribune

“Powerful . . . a crackling good courtroom play . . . [that] provides two of the juiciest roles in American theater.”
–Copley News Service

“[This] historical drama . . . deserves respect.”
–The Columbus Dispatch]]> 253264 17 71698 book 1955 Inherit the Wind total:1366|5:399|4:522|3:346|2:78|1:21| 1366 5298 1759 105 41992 3.85 1685 139 284157 3.88 1364 105 46971543 999524 253264 0345501039 9780345501035 72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173161322m/253264.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173161322s/253264.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/253264.Inherit_the_Wind 3.86 1008  Winners Christopher Plummer and Brian Dennehy, and Directed by Tony Award® Winner Doug Hughes

The accused was a slight, frightened man who had deliberately broken the law. His trial was a Roman circus, the chief gladiators being the two great legal giants of the century. Locked in mortal combat, they bellowed and roared imprecations and abuse. The spectators sat uneasily in the sweltering heat with murder in their hearts, barely able to restrain themselves. At stake was the freedom of every American.

“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 still arguing this case–all the way to the White House.”
–Chicago Tribune

“Powerful . . . a crackling good courtroom play . . . [that] provides two of the juiciest roles in American theater.”
–Copley News Service

“[This] historical drama . . . deserves respect.”
–The Columbus Dispatch]]> 1955 2 0 true Fri Feb 20 12:00:14 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 12:13:34 -0800 2009 more...]]> 45338208 253664 74104 0345466276 9780345466273 9 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170848769m/74104.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170848769s/74104.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/74104.Inherit_the_Wind 3.75 44 New York  World-Telegram And Sun]]> 1955 3 0 false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Feb 04 05:20:51 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 05:34:22 -0800 2009 more...]]> 75993509 1219617 253264 0345501039 9780345501035 72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173161322m/253264.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173161322s/253264.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/253264.Inherit_the_Wind 3.88 1366  Winners Christopher Plummer and Brian Dennehy, and Directed by Tony Award® Winner Doug Hughes

The accused was a slight, frightened man who had deliberately broken the law. His trial was a Roman circus, the chief gladiators being the two great legal giants of the century. Locked in mortal combat, they bellowed and roared imprecations and abuse. The spectators sat uneasily in the sweltering heat with murder in their hearts, barely able to restrain themselves. At stake was the freedom of every American.

“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 still arguing this case–all the way to the White House.”
–Chicago Tribune

“Powerful . . . a crackling good courtroom play . . . [that] provides two of the juiciest roles in American theater.”
–Copley News Service

“[This] historical drama . . . deserves respect.”
–The Columbus Dispatch]]> 1955 3 0 false Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 07:11:20 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 07:11:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 56334217 2320250 253264 0345501039 9780345501035 72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173161322m/253264.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173161322s/253264.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/253264.Inherit_the_Wind 3.88 1366  Winners Christopher Plummer and Brian Dennehy, and Directed by Tony Award® Winner Doug Hughes

The accused was a slight, frightened man who had deliberately broken the law. His trial was a Roman circus, the chief gladiators being the two great legal giants of the century. Locked in mortal combat, they bellowed and roared imprecations and abuse. The spectators sat uneasily in the sweltering heat with murder in their hearts, barely able to restrain themselves. At stake was the freedom of every American.

“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 still arguing this case–all the way to the White House.”
–Chicago Tribune

“Powerful . . . a crackling good courtroom play . . . [that] provides two of the juiciest roles in American theater.”
–Copley News Service

“[This] historical drama . . . deserves respect.”
–The Columbus Dispatch]]> 1955 5 0 false Sat May 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 20:23:27 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 20:45:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 50887893 974210 2012567 0553104276 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1238393006m/2012567.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1238393006s/2012567.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2012567.Inherit_the_Wind 4.00 2 The play was intended to criticize the investigations of the House Committee on Un-American Activities & Senator Joseph McCarthy. The authors used the Scopes trial as background for exploring threats to intellectual freedom presented by anti-communist hysteria.
The play notes "Inherit the Wind isn't history." Characters are named differently than the historical figures on whom they're based. The authors argue that "the issues of [Bryan & Darrow's] conflict have acquired new dimension & meaning" in the 30 years since the courtroom clash. They don't set the play in 1925 but say "It might've been yesterday. It could be tomorrow." The setting's timelessness is a warning about repeating the wrongs of the past, which can recur unless we're vigilant. During the play's original Broadway run, it was widely understood as a critique of McCarthyism, but subsequent interpretations have been more literal, given the resurgence of the creation-evolution controversy.
Inherit the Wind is criticized for stereotyping Xians as hate-filled bigots. E.g., the character of Jeremiah Brown whips up his congregation & calls down hellfire on his daughter for being in love with Bertram Cates. In fact, Scopes had no girlfriend & Brown is fictitious.
Dayton's citizens were generally kind to Darrow, who said during the trial: "I don't know as I was ever in a community in my life where my religious ideas differed as widely from the great mass as I have found them since I've been in Tennessee. Yet I came here a perfect stranger & I can say what I've said before that I haven't found upon anybody's part—any citizen here in this town or outside the slightest discourtesy. I've been treated better, kindlier & more hospitably than I fancied would have been the case in the north." (transcript, pp. 225f)]]> 1955 4 0 false Sat Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 1968 Sun Mar 29 23:32:01 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 21:39:29 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 38957833 1751137 861939 0553228935 9780553228939 4 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/861939.Inherit_the_Wind 3.99 85 New York  World-Telegram And Sun]]> 1955 3 0 false Wed Dec 03 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 13:34:52 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 03 08:42:44 -0800 2008 more...]]> 15620945 182379 253264 0345501039 9780345501035 72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173161322m/253264.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173161322s/253264.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/253264.Inherit_the_Wind 3.88 1366  Winners Christopher Plummer and Brian Dennehy, and Directed by Tony Award® Winner Doug Hughes

The accused was a slight, frightened man who had deliberately broken the law. His trial was a Roman circus, the chief gladiators being the two great legal giants of the century. Locked in mortal combat, they bellowed and roared imprecations and abuse. The spectators sat uneasily in the sweltering heat with murder in their hearts, barely able to restrain themselves. At stake was the freedom of every American.

“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 still arguing this case–all the way to the White House.”
–Chicago Tribune

“Powerful . . . a crackling good courtroom play . . . [that] provides two of the juiciest roles in American theater.”
–Copley News Service

“[This] historical drama . . . deserves respect.”
–The Columbus Dispatch]]> 1955 4 1 false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 17 08:51:43 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 17 08:52:52 -0800 2008 35893771 1624215 250810 0553269151 9780553269154 19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173143298m/250810.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173143298s/250810.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/250810.Inherit_the_Wind 3.97 202 New York  World-Telegram And Sun]]> 1955 4 1 false Tue Oct 21 17:40:28 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 21 18:02:59 -0700 2008 4 53367824 1569853 253264 0345501039 9780345501035 72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173161322m/253264.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173161322s/253264.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/253264.Inherit_the_Wind 3.88 1366  Winners Christopher Plummer and Brian Dennehy, and Directed by Tony Award® Winner Doug Hughes

The accused was a slight, frightened man who had deliberately broken the law. His trial was a Roman circus, the chief gladiators being the two great legal giants of the century. Locked in mortal combat, they bellowed and roared imprecations and abuse. The spectators sat uneasily in the sweltering heat with murder in their hearts, barely able to restrain themselves. At stake was the freedom of every American.

“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 still arguing this case–all the way to the White House.”
–Chicago Tribune

“Powerful . . . a crackling good courtroom play . . . [that] provides two of the juiciest roles in American theater.”
–Copley News Service

“[This] historical drama . . . deserves respect.”
–The Columbus Dispatch]]> 1955 5 0 true Wed Apr 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 12:30:10 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 17:06:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 14922072 40529 250810 0553269151 9780553269154 19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173143298m/250810.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173143298s/250810.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/250810.Inherit_the_Wind 3.88 1366 New York  World-Telegram And Sun]]> 1955 5 1 false Fri Feb 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 08 12:36:51 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 08 12:39:51 -0800 2008 81341988 3050529 253264 0345501039 9780345501035 72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173161322m/253264.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173161322s/253264.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/253264.Inherit_the_Wind 3.88 1366  Winners Christopher Plummer and Brian Dennehy, and Directed by Tony Award® Winner Doug Hughes

The accused was a slight, frightened man who had deliberately broken the law. His trial was a Roman circus, the chief gladiators being the two great legal giants of the century. Locked in mortal combat, they bellowed and roared imprecations and abuse. The spectators sat uneasily in the sweltering heat with murder in their hearts, barely able to restrain themselves. At stake was the freedom of every American.

“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 still arguing this case–all the way to the White House.”
–Chicago Tribune

“Powerful . . . a crackling good courtroom play . . . [that] provides two of the juiciest roles in American theater.”
–Copley News Service

“[This] historical drama . . . deserves respect.”
–The Columbus Dispatch]]> 1955 5 0 false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Dec 17 17:36:25 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 17 17:59:16 -0800 2009 more...]]> 40781280 1700266 74104 0345466276 9780345466273 9 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170848769m/74104.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170848769s/74104.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/74104.Inherit_the_Wind 3.88 1366 New York  World-Telegram And Sun]]> 1955 5 0 false Tue Dec 23 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 23 14:32:11 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 23 20:19:46 -0800 2008 more...]]> 55571966 2302717 253264 0345501039 9780345501035 72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173161322m/253264.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173161322s/253264.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/253264.Inherit_the_Wind 3.88 1366  Winners Christopher Plummer and Brian Dennehy, and Directed by Tony Award® Winner Doug Hughes

The accused was a slight, frightened man who had deliberately broken the law. His trial was a Roman circus, the chief gladiators being the two great legal giants of the century. Locked in mortal combat, they bellowed and roared imprecations and abuse. The spectators sat uneasily in the sweltering heat with murder in their hearts, barely able to restrain themselves. At stake was the freedom of every American.

“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 still arguing this case–all the way to the White House.”
–Chicago Tribune

“Powerful . . . a crackling good courtroom play . . . [that] provides two of the juiciest roles in American theater.”
–Copley News Service

“[This] historical drama . . . deserves respect.”
–The Columbus Dispatch]]> 1955 2 0 false Sun May 10 09:53:41 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 17:35:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 51900341 1749065 253264 0345501039 9780345501035 72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173161322m/253264.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173161322s/253264.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/253264.Inherit_the_Wind 3.88 1366  Winners Christopher Plummer and Brian Dennehy, and Directed by Tony Award® Winner Doug Hughes

The accused was a slight, frightened man who had deliberately broken the law. His trial was a Roman circus, the chief gladiators being the two great legal giants of the century. Locked in mortal combat, they bellowed and roared imprecations and abuse. The spectators sat uneasily in the sweltering heat with murder in their hearts, barely able to restrain themselves. At stake was the freedom of every American.

“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 still arguing this case–all the way to the White House.”
–Chicago Tribune

“Powerful . . . a crackling good courtroom play . . . [that] provides two of the juiciest roles in American theater.”
–Copley News Service

“[This] historical drama . . . deserves respect.”
–The Columbus Dispatch]]> 1955 2 0 false Tue Apr 07 22:36:34 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 22:41:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 81600282 1526509 253264 0345501039 9780345501035 72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173161322m/253264.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173161322s/253264.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/253264.Inherit_the_Wind 3.88 1366  Winners Christopher Plummer and Brian Dennehy, and Directed by Tony Award® Winner Doug Hughes

The accused was a slight, frightened man who had deliberately broken the law. His trial was a Roman circus, the chief gladiators being the two great legal giants of the century. Locked in mortal combat, they bellowed and roared imprecations and abuse. The spectators sat uneasily in the sweltering heat with murder in their hearts, barely able to restrain themselves. At stake was the freedom of every American.

“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 still arguing this case–all the way to the White House.”
–Chicago Tribune

“Powerful . . . a crackling good courtroom play . . . [that] provides two of the juiciest roles in American theater.”
–Copley News Service

“[This] historical drama . . . deserves respect.”
–The Columbus Dispatch]]> 1955 2 0 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Sun Dec 20 17:01:51 -0800 2009 Sun Dec 20 18:09:14 -0800 2009 more...]]> 40763978 1028250 74104 0345466276 9780345466273 9 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170848769m/74104.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170848769s/74104.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/74104.Inherit_the_Wind 3.88 1366 New York  World-Telegram And Sun]]> 1955 5 0 false Thu Jan 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 23 10:36:52 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 09 10:53:29 -0800 2009 1
The movie was gripping a...more...]]> 57062901 2225826 74104 0345466276 9780345466273 9 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170848769m/74104.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170848769s/74104.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/74104.Inherit_the_Wind 3.88 1366 New York  World-Telegram And Sun]]> 1955 0 0 false Mon May 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 10:11:30 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 10:13:44 -0700 2009 78293133 1330314 74104 0345466276 9780345466273 9 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170848769m/74104.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170848769s/74104.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/74104.Inherit_the_Wind 3.88 1366 New York  World-Telegram And Sun]]> 1955 5 0 false Sun Nov 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 01:57:53 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 25 02:14:44 -0800 2009
It’s rather disturbing how events that occurred in the 1920s, were documented in this play in the 1950s, now are *still* so very, very pertinent.
So much ...more...]]> 42351088 1670519 253264 0345501039 9780345501035 72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173161322m/253264.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173161322s/253264.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/253264.Inherit_the_Wind 3.88 1366  Winners Christopher Plummer and Brian Dennehy, and Directed by Tony Award® Winner Doug Hughes

The accused was a slight, frightened man who had deliberately broken the law. His trial was a Roman circus, the chief gladiators being the two great legal giants of the century. Locked in mortal combat, they bellowed and roared imprecations and abuse. The spectators sat uneasily in the sweltering heat with murder in their hearts, barely able to restrain themselves. At stake was the freedom of every American.

“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 still arguing this case–all the way to the White House.”
–Chicago Tribune

“Powerful . . . a crackling good courtroom play . . . [that] provides two of the juiciest roles in American theater.”
–Copley News Service

“[This] historical drama . . . deserves respect.”
–The Columbus Dispatch]]> 1955 0 0 false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jan 08 08:50:20 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 08:51:57 -0800 2009 11952820 756375 253264 0345501039 9780345501035 72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173161322m/253264.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173161322s/253264.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/253264.Inherit_the_Wind 3.88 1366  Winners Christopher Plummer and Brian Dennehy, and Directed by Tony Award® Winner Doug Hughes

The accused was a slight, frightened man who had deliberately broken the law. His trial was a Roman circus, the chief gladiators being the two great legal giants of the century. Locked in mortal combat, they bellowed and roared imprecations and abuse. The spectators sat uneasily in the sweltering heat with murder in their hearts, barely able to restrain themselves. At stake was the freedom of every American.

“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 still arguing this case–all the way to the White House.”
–Chicago Tribune

“Powerful . . . a crackling good courtroom play . . . [that] provides two of the juiciest roles in American theater.”
–Copley News Service

“[This] historical drama . . . deserves respect.”
–The Columbus Dispatch]]> 1955 5 0 false Thu Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Tue Jan 08 06:04:37 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 12 12:25:23 -0800 2008
One of 2 of my favorite plays of all time, Inherit The Wind.
Inherit The Wind is about a man, Bertram Cates, decided to teach evolution in his class. Well, folks in the town he lived in didn't like it and the p...more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=253264