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Inherit the wind
- Title
- Inherit the wind / by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, 1996.
- Author
- Lawrence, Jerome, 1915-2004.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Mixed material | Supervised use | NCOF+ 10-7026 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
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- Description
- [1], 66 leaves; 28 cm.
- Summary
- This is a photocopy of an undated published script, but the publisher is not identified.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Scripts.
- Note
- Leaves are numbered 8-74.
- This production featured George C. Scott in the lead role of Henry Drummond (i.e. Clarence Darrow) during most of the run. His co-star was Charles Durning.
- Biography (note)
- 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.
- Call Number
- NCOF+ 10-7026
- OCLC
- 673708026
- Author
- Lawrence, Jerome, 1915-2004.
- Title
- Inherit the wind / by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, 1996.
- Biography
- 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.
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- Added Author
- Randall, Tony, producer.Lee, Robert Edwin, 1918-1994.Tillinger, John, director.Scott, George C., 1927-1999, actor.Durning, Charles, 1923-2012, actor.National Actors Theatre (New York, N.Y.), producer.New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.
- Research Call Number
- NCOF+ 10-7026