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Scopes noun - Tennessee highschool teacher who violated a state law by teaching evolution; in a highly publicized trial in 1925 he was prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan and defended by Clarence Darrow (1900-1970).
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Ripped from the Headlines: Play is based on the actual Scopes Monkey Trial in the 1920s, but is supposed to be an allegory for the then-current McCarthy witch-hunts that dominated the headlines.
Source: Theatre / Inherit the Wind
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Scopes and Play. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/play/scopes
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Scopes or Play. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/play/scopes.
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