
Inherit the Wind
The Powerful Drama of the Greatest Courtroom Clash of the Century
Bantam Books (Publisher)
Published on 4. November 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
144 pages
978-0-345-46627-3 (ISBN)
Description
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. The chief gladiators were two great legal giants of the century. Like two bull elephants 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. One of the most moving and meaningful plays of our generation.
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 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
The accused was a slight, frightened man who had deliberately broken the law. His trial was a Roman circus. The chief gladiators were two great legal giants of the century. Like two bull elephants 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. One of the most moving and meaningful plays of our generation.
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 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
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc
Product notice
Paperback (mass)
Dimensions
Height: 175 mm
Width: 107 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
77 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-345-46627-3 (9780345466273)
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Jerome Lawrence | Robert E. Lee
Inherit the Wind
The Powerful Courtroom Drama in which Two Men Wage the Legal War of the Century
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09/2016
Ballantine Books
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Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee