Inherit the Wind is a play based on the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial, in which teacher John Scopes, represented by the character of Bertram Cates, was sued by the state of Tennessee for teaching evolution. Much of the action occurs in the courtroom, with Matthew Harrison Brady prosecuting Cates, and Henry Drummond defending him. The two lawyers' ongoing pleas to the jury and arguments for their case explore a person's right to think freely and an individual's struggle against accepted societal norms.
Inherit the Wind was a play written in 1979 by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E Lee The play is fiction but was based on an actual trial The Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925 The defense attorney in the play Henry Drummond portrayed the historical person Clarence Darrow In the play Henry Drummond was a well known attorney that was un liked because his defense had freed two young boys accused of murder Drummond believed in the idea of freedom of beliefs He came to Tennessee to defend the rights of this be