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Venue	Barbican Centre
	Also: Barbican Theatre,Barbican Hall. Guildhall School of Music and Drama Theatre, Cinema1,Cinema2,Gallery, Silk Street Theatre
Town	West End
County	Greater London
From	23rd March 2007
To	28th March 2007
When	Mar 23, 26, 27, 28 at 19:30. Mar 26, 27 Mats 14:00
Prices	From £7.00. To £7.00.
Barbican Centre (V371)
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Inherit the Wind

Work:: Inherit the Wind (S3707)

In the hot summer of 1925, the famous "Monkey Trial" took place in Dayton, Tennessee. A young teacher was accused of violating The Butler Act, which restricted the teaching of evolution in state-funded schools. The defence featured famous attorney Clarence Darrow, the prosecution starred the celebrated orator, populist, & three-time Democratic Presidential candidate Jennings Bryan. Nearly two hundred reporters descended upon the town. For the first time news of an American trial was broadcast by radio, and thousands of people went to Drayton to see the carnival for themselves. Thirty years later, Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee dramatised these events into a play: Inherit the Wind. Now a classic of American theatre, it was also made into an acclaimed movie in 1960 - directed by Stanley Kramer and starring Spencer Tracy and Frederic March.

Author	Jerome Lawrence
Author	Robert E Lee

Production:: (T488579599)

Producer	Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Director	Wyn Jones
Design	Susannah Henry

Listing:: L416010502

Guildhall School Theatre

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Guildhall School Theatre

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