INHERIT THE WIND
INHERIT THE WIND
Broadway Star Joined: 8/10/04
INHERIT THE WIND#0
Posted: 9/2/04 at 9:07pm
Hi. Can someone give me a brief discription of this play? Thanks, also tell me if you think it would make a good musical. I just finished one musical Ive been working on for 3 years called "Love Insurance" and I'm looking to write another one. Thanks :)
PS- Also, If you know of any good books or movies that would make a good musical let me know, thanks again 
Updated On: 9/2/04 at 09:07 PM
re: INHERIT THE WIND#1
Posted: 9/2/04 at 9:18pmIt was a play about pretty much a teacher going against the rules of the Bible belt. All the teacher wanted to was teach the children a different option of the story.
re: INHERIT THE WIND#2
Posted: 9/2/04 at 9:20pm
This isn't just a regular play, but based on a real story.
The first freaking result from google.com ('inherit the wind' was googled).
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG97/inherit/intro.html
re: INHERIT THE WIND#3
Posted: 9/2/04 at 9:44pmThe movie was really great- I don't know how closely it follows the play, but it's worth watching regardless.
re: INHERIT THE WIND#4
Posted: 9/2/04 at 9:46pmI LOVE the movie. Great buy, it's absolutely worth it.
Leading Actor Joined: 8/21/04
re: INHERIT THE WIND#5
Posted: 9/2/04 at 9:46pm
It takes place largely in the courtroom, which, IMO would be a tough place for a musical to thrive. But if you believe in it, there's always a way.
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re: INHERIT THE WIND#6
Posted: 9/2/04 at 9:55pmI agree that a strict courthouse musical would be hard to pull off. But Inherit the Wind is about more than the trial- with imagination it can be something other than a literal courthouse scene stretched over 2 hours.
re: INHERIT THE WIND#7
Posted: 9/2/04 at 9:56pmI imagine some songs in the "Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better" style for the courthouse scenes. Bickering set to music.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
re: INHERIT THE WIND#8
Posted: 9/2/04 at 11:38pm
No it would not be a good musical or musical theatre piece. The play does not center around the revelation of character but the fine points of intellectual debate which does not lend itself to lyrical treatment.
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/03
re: INHERIT THE WIND#9
Posted: 9/3/04 at 9:16am
Read Musicman's post again. He hits the nail right on the head.
The addition of a score would not tell this story better.
The play is worth reading. So is the historical context and having the knowledge of who the principals were in the Scopes trial: Clarence Darrow, William Jennings Bryan and H.L. Menken, all of whom are presented in fictionalized form in this play and film.
The Scopes trial concerned a small town teacher who became a test case, and he taught Darwin to his students breaking Tennessee law. The case attracted national attention when Darrow and Bryan entered the scene. Scopes was found guilty and fined $100 but the trial did lead to the law being changed.
In 1967 this was my 11th grade play. It was a controversial choice then since we did live in a conservative rural area of Pennsylvania. However the way the wind has been blowing the last 20-25 years, we could not have mounted the show today.
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