Inherit The Wind at Arena Stage
Location
Arena Stage
1101 6th St. SW
Washington, DC 20024
USA
Category
Arts & Entertainment
Registration Info
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Payment In Full In Advance Only
About this event
Get discounted $45 tickets to Arena Stage's production of Inherit the Wind. To get the discounted tickets you must purchase the tickets through Village member Randy Swisher. The funds for the discounted tickets must be sent to Randy by February 25.
Inherit the Wind is a fictionalized account of the 1925
Scopes Monkey Trial, which resulted in
John T. Scopes' conviction for teaching
Charles Darwin's
theory of evolution to a high school
science class, contrary to a
Tennessee state law. The role of Matthew Harrison Brady is intended to portray famed orator and politician
William Jennings Bryan, while that of Henry Drummond resembles noted defense attorney
Clarence Darrow. Bryan and Darrow, formerly close friends, opposed one another at the trial. The character of Bertram Cates corresponds to John Scopes, and the character of E. K. Hornbeck is modeled on that of
H. L. Mencken, who covered the trial for
The Baltimore Sun and whose sensational reports helped attract national attention.
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