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Inherit The Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee-
"He that troubleth his own house,
Shall inherit the wind." Proverbs 11:29
A three-act play set in Dayton, Tennessee during July, 1925 and fictitious
account of the infamous Scopes Trial that pitted William J. Bryan against Clarence Darrow; ostensibly on the subject of evolution, but more intently focused upon the ever-evolving constitutional right to free speech.
Clarence Darrow for the defense.
A complex personality, Darrow often championed the downtrodden
while grappling with his own conflicted self. Defending the
accused in Illinois' landmark Leopold and Loeb trial, Darrow
delivered a scathing attack against the cruelty of the death penalty as
never before or likely will ever be heard inside an American court of law.
Citing a snippet of Housman's poetry that "nothing but the night" awaited
his clients, Darrow appealed to the hope of human redemption however
far or distant, or slim that ray of light may be.
Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb were spared the gallows-
whether their consciences ever awakened is unknown.
The State of Illinois is currently evolving away from capital punishment,
a legacy attributable in some small measure to Clarence Darrow.
Inadequately scrawled, with his young, old heart,
And his drawl, and his infinte paradox
And his sadness, and kindness,
And his artistic sense that
drives him to shape his life
To something harmonious,
even against the schemes of God.
Edgar Lee Masters; This is Darrow (1922)
"He that troubleth his own house,
Shall inherit the wind." Proverbs 11:29
A three-act play set in Dayton, Tennessee during July, 1925 and fictitious
account of the infamous Scopes Trial that pitted William J. Bryan against Clarence Darrow; ostensibly on the subject of evolution, but more intently focused upon the ever-evolving constitutional right to free speech.
Clarence Darrow for the defense.
A complex personality, Darrow often championed the downtrodden
while grappling with his own conflicted self. Defending the
accused in Illinois' landmark Leopold and Loeb trial, Darrow
delivered a scathing attack against the cruelty of the death penalty as
never before or likely will ever be heard inside an American court of law.
Citing a snippet of Housman's poetry that "nothing but the night" awaited
his clients, Darrow appealed to the hope of human redemption however
far or distant, or slim that ray of light may be.
Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb were spared the gallows-
whether their consciences ever awakened is unknown.
The State of Illinois is currently evolving away from capital punishment,
a legacy attributable in some small measure to Clarence Darrow.
Inadequately scrawled, with his young, old heart,
And his drawl, and his infinte paradox
And his sadness, and kindness,
And his artistic sense that
drives him to shape his life
To something harmonious,
even against the schemes of God.
Edgar Lee Masters; This is Darrow (1922)
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