One of the most moving and meaningful plays in American theatrebased on thefamed Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925 in which a Tennessee teacher was tried forteaching ... » 

One of the most moving and meaningful plays in American theatrebased on thefamed Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925 in which a Tennessee teacher was tried forteaching evolutionnow on Broadway starring Tony AwardR Winners ChristopherPlummer and Brian Dennehy and Directed by Tony AwardR Winner Doug Hughes Theaccused was a slight frightened man who had deliberately broken the law. Histrial was a Roman circus the chief gladiators being the two great legal giantsof the century. Locked in mortal combat they bellowed and roared imprecationsand abuse. The spectators sat uneasily in the sweltering heat with murder intheir hearts barely able to restrain themselves. At stake was the freedom ofevery American. Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee were classic Broadwayscribes who knew how to crank out serious plays for thinking Americans. . . .Inherit the Wind is a perpetually prescient courtroom battle over the legalityof teaching evolution. . . . Were still arguing this caseall the way to theWhite House. Chicago Tribune Powerful . . . a crackling good courtroomplay . . . that provides two of the juiciest roles in American theater. Copley News Service This historical drama . . . deserves respect. TheColumbus Dispatch «