Inherit the Wind (play)

Inherit the Wind
Written byJerome Lawrence
Robert Edwin Lee
CharactersHenry Drummond, Matthew Harrison Brady, E. K. Hornbeck, Bertram Cates, Rachel Brown, Rev. Jeremiah Brown
Date premiered1955
Place premieredUnited States
SettingHillsboro, United States

Inherit the Wind is an American play by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee, which debuted in Dallas under the direction of Margo Jones in 1955. The story fictionalizes the 1925 Scopes trial as a means to discuss the then-contemporary McCarthy trials.[1][2]

  1. ^ Blankenship, Bill (March 2, 2001). "Inherit the controversy". The Topeka Capital-Journal. Archived from the original on November 13, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
  2. ^ "The Scopes Trial vs. 'Inherit the Wind' by Gregg Easterbrook". Beliefnet.com. February 17, 2011. Archived from the original on October 20, 2013. Retrieved May 15, 2014.

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