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"Inherit the Wind" is a landmark American play that dramatizes the 1925 Scopes "Monkey" Trial to explore themes of intellectual freedom, religious fundamentalism, and the conflict between science and faith.

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instanceOf play
stage work
basedOn 1925 Scopes Trial
Scopes Monkey Trial
countryOfOrigin United States
genre drama
historical drama
legal drama
hasCharacter Bailiff
Bannister
Bertram Cates
Court Stenographer
Dunlap
E. K. Hornbeck
Elijah
Henry Drummond
linked to: Clarence Darrow

Howard
Judge Merle
Jurors
Matthew Harrison Brady
Mayor of Hillsboro
Meeker
Melinda
Mrs. Blair
Mrs. Brady
Mrs. Krebs
Platt
Rachel Brown
Radio Man
Reverend Jeremiah Brown
Sillers
Spectators
Tom Davenport
mainTheme conflict between science and religion
evolution versus creationism debate
freedom of speech
freedom of thought
intellectual freedom
religious fundamentalism
narrativeFocus courtroom trial over teaching evolution
originalLanguage English
portrays media influence on public opinion
politicization of religion
social pressure in small-town America
tension between modernism and traditionalism
settingCountry United States
settingLocation fictional town of Hillsboro
settingTime 1920s
titleOrigin biblical phrase "inherit the wind" from Proverbs 11:29

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Scopes "Monkey" Trial popularCultureDepiction play "Inherit the Wind"
Inherit the Wind (1960 film) basedOn Inherit the Wind (play)
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Matthew Harrison Brady fictionalUniverse Inherit the Wind universe
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Reverend Jeremiah Brown firstAppearance play Inherit the Wind (1955)
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Meeker firstAppearance play Inherit the Wind (1955)
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Mrs. Brady fictionalUniverse Inherit the Wind universe
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Sillers workFirstPerformed Inherit the Wind (1955 stage premiere)
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Melinda firstAppearance Inherit the Wind (1955 play)
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Melinda fictionalUniverse Inherit the Wind universe
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Bannister appearsIn play Inherit the Wind
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Platt fictionalUniverse Inherit the Wind universe
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Radio Man firstAppearanceIn stage play Inherit the Wind
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Fredric March as Matthew Harrison Brady adaptationOf Inherit the Wind (play)
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Dick York as Bertram Cates basedOn Inherit the Wind (play)
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E. K. Hornbeck firstAppearance stage play Inherit the Wind (1955)
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Howard fictionalUniverse Inherit the Wind universe
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Rachel Brown firstAppearance play Inherit the Wind (1955)
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John Gay notableWork Inherit the Wind (TV adaptation)
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Inherit the Wind (1960 film) basedOn Inherit the Wind (play)
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