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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.

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Author(s): Jerome Lawrence, Robert E Lee

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Archive listings for Inherit the Wind (2014)

Work type: Play.

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Producer New Vic Theatre. Performer Angela Bain (Mrs Krebs / Radio Woman). Performer Adam Barlow (Dunlap). Performer David Bowen (Judge). Performer Howard Chadwick (Mayor). Performer Jessica Dyas (Mrs Blair). Performer Hannah Edwards (Rachel Brown). Performer Steven Elliott (Rev. Jeremiah Brown). Performer Susie Emmett (Mrs Brady). Performer Oliver Farnworth (Bertram Cates). Performer Alec Fellows-Bennett* (Tom Davenport). Performer Oliver J Hembrough (E. K. Hornbeck). Performer Tom Hodgkins (Matthew Harrison Brady). Performer Anthony Hunt (Elijah). Performer Ged McKenna (Meeker). Performer David Seddon (Sillers). Performer Hugh Simon (Henry Drummond). Director Peter Leslie Wild. Design Dawn Allsopp. Lighting Daniella Beattie. Sound James Earls-Davis. Musical Director Malcolm Newton. Director Daniel Bailey (Assistant Director). Other Abigail Langham (Vocal Coach). Stage ManagerStruan Sewell. Stage ManagerSteve Hall (Deputy Stage Manager). Stage ManagerNatalie Hainon (Assistant Stage Manager). Performer Linda Brammer. Performer Evie Cooper. Performer Ciaran Edwards. Performer Moira Hammond. Performer Brenda Hennessey. Performer Matthew Jones. Performer Jill Jones. Performer Sadie King Stead. Performer Richard Marsden. Performer Elizabeth Nelson. Performer Afshin Zarei. Performer John Parry. Performer Jason Pearce. Performer Rhiannon Price. Performer Scarlett Sterion. Performer Adam Sutton. Performer Margaret Taylor. Performer Polly-Anna Thorne. Performer Angus Vardy White. Performer Simon Woodcock.

31 May 14 to 14 Jun 14

New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme :: V119
listing details L545018639

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