play "Inherit the Wind"

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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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Inherit the Wind universe 6
Inherit the Wind (play) 4
play Inherit the Wind (1955) 3

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf play ⓘ
stage work ⓘ
basedOn State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes ⓘ
surface form: 1925 Scopes Trial

Scopes "Monkey" Trial ⓘ
surface form: Scopes Monkey Trial
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
genre drama ⓘ
historical drama ⓘ
legal drama ⓘ
hasCharacter Bailiff ⓘ
Bannister ⓘ
Dick York as Bertram Cates ⓘ
surface form: Bertram Cates

Court Stenographer ⓘ
Dunlap ⓘ
E. K. Hornbeck ⓘ
Elijah ⓘ
Clarence Darrow ⓘ
surface form: Henry Drummond

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 of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
settingLocation fictional town of Hillsboro ⓘ
settingTime 1920s ⓘ
titleOrigin biblical phrase "inherit the wind" from Proverbs 11:29 ⓘ

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1960 film "Inherit the Wind" → basedOn → play "Inherit the Wind" ⓘ
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Matthew Harrison Brady → fictionalUniverse → play "Inherit the Wind" ⓘ
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Reverend Jeremiah Brown → firstAppearance → play "Inherit the Wind" ⓘ
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Meeker → firstAppearance → play "Inherit the Wind" ⓘ
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this entity surface form: Inherit the Wind universe
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Fredric March as Matthew Harrison Brady → adaptationOf → play "Inherit the Wind" ⓘ
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Dick York as Bertram Cates → basedOn → play "Inherit the Wind" ⓘ
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E. K. Hornbeck → firstAppearance → play "Inherit the Wind" ⓘ
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Howard → fictionalUniverse → play "Inherit the Wind" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inherit the Wind universe
Rachel Brown → firstAppearance → play "Inherit the Wind" ⓘ
this entity surface form: play Inherit the Wind (1955)
John Gay → notableWork → play "Inherit the Wind" ⓘ
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Donna Anderson → basedOn → play "Inherit the Wind" ⓘ
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this entity surface form: Inherit the Wind (play)