Inherit the Wind at The Cleveland Play House

The evolution vs. creationism argument is at the center of this American classic, whose inspiration was the 1925 "Scopes Monkey Trial," in which Tennessee schoolteacher John Scopes was arrested for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution in violation of state law. In The Cleveland Play Houses first revival since staging Inherit the Wind more than 50 years ago, Ed Dixon plays the role of attorney Matthew Harrison Brady (based on William Jennings Bryan), and Scott Jaeck plays attorney Henry Drummond (based on Clarence Darrow).The two master attorneys square off in the courtroom while the teacher's fate hangs in the balance

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• ed
• dixon
• scott
• jaeck
• playhouse
• cleveland
• theatre
• darwin