Inherit the wind : written for television, 1987 Apr. 6 / by John Gay ; based upon the play by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee.

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Inherit the wind : written for television, 1987 Apr. 6 / by John Gay ; based upon the play by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee.

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1 v. (110 leaves) ; 28 cm.

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Gay, John, 1924-....

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Lee, Robert Edwin, 1918-1994

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Lawrence, Jerome, 1915-2004

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In 1925 high school teacher John T. Scopes was arrested and tried for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution in Dayton, Tennessee. Scopes was defended by Clarence Darrow, while the prosecution was represented by William Jennings Bryan. The historical characters' names were changed for this dramatization, which originally premiered on Broadway in 1955. From the description of Inherit the wind / by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, 1996. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: ...