num_pages: 115
description: A meaningful play based on the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925, in which a Tennessee teacher was tried for teaching evolution. The accused was a slight, frightened man who'd 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 &amp; roared imprecations &amp; abuse. The spectators sat uneasily in the sweltering heat with murder in their hearts, barely restraining themselves. America's freedom was at stake.
language: English
title: Inherit the Wind
titlecomplete: Inherit the Wind
characters: Matthew Harrison Brady, Henry Drummond, Bertram Cates, E.K. Hornbeck
genres: Fiction, Plays, Theatre, Historical, Drama, School, Literature, Read For School, Classics, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 23216
places: Hillsboro, Tennessee, The United States of America
publisher: Bantam Books