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"Brouicrs and Si,\cr~, I come to YOll Oil the Wings of the \Von!." "INHERIT THE WIND" CAST Henry Drummond Charles Bernstein Rachel .._. Barbara Heflin Matlhew Harvison Bmdy Albert Brown Rev. jeremiah llrowl/. Hai-ry Rumberger Bertram Cates .lHaurice Arsenault judge__________ _ Robert Rippeon E. K. Hovnoectc.c.. ._John Grabowski Mrs. Bwdy . Helen M urray l nlterit the Wind is based on the Iamous [ending Bert Cates' as an individual to Scopes Monkey 'Tr-ial. jerome Lawrence and think. Each member the cast of forty takes Robert E. Lee, the authors, have written the a side in this clash between these two great [allowing about the play: "Lnherit the Wind minds. is not history. The events which took place Even though most of these characters are in Dayton, Tennessee, during the score/ling- based upon real people connected with the July of 1925 are clearly the genesis of this trial, the play is not limited to Dayton, Ten- play. It has, however, an exodus of its own." nessee. lt goes beneath the surface of the It is a conflict of two great men in their trial and brings a universal truth which can battle [or the right. Matthew Harrison Brady be applied to all men of all ages declaring (William Jennings Bryan) has come to prose- that each man has the right to think-"A cute the defendant, Bertram Cates (Scopes). thought is like a child inside our body. It Henry Drummond (Clarence Darrow) is de- has to be born." 52