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was an audio production which was a radio recording of a presentation made at the Kennedy Centre, several years ago.
It was very interesting to listen to and really well done,
This is what it was based on: The Scopes Trial, over the right to teach evolution in public schools, reaffirmed the importance of intellectual freedom.
In, this Tennessee trial set the stage for ongoing national debates over the separation of church and state in a democratic society.

It starred the following people: Charles Durning, Edward Asner and Tyne Daly,
I found the debates extremely interesting, The play/book was based on actual transcripts of the trial,
It also shows that despite almostyears of 'progress', we still have issues today that are just as volatile.


The more factual version of Inherit the Wind and just as powerful, Before listening to this, I hadn't listened to an audiobook since the Harry Potter series years ago, Recently, I'd wanted to listen to them, so when I learned that this site was releasing two free audiobooks from download each week over the summer, I was interested.
I figured this would be a good way to explore audiobooks for the first time,

I was genuinely interested in this audiobook as well, We watched the movie about the Scopes trial in high school, and I also observed in a classroom last year while they were studying the play.
Of course, we also talked about it in history class in high school, which is actually why we watched the movie, but I don't remember discussing it in huge detail other than watching the movie.
At any rate, nothing in this audiobook felt new per se, but I wasn't expecting it too,

It's worth mentioning that this isn't an audiobook with one narrator reading the entire story, It's a recorded play, which isn't what I would necessarily think of as an audiobook, Because of this, there are also times where you can tell that actors forget or stumble over their lines, and you also hear audience reactions in several places in addition to reactions that are part of the play that are meant to be the crowd in the story, which I admit felt a bit confusing at times.


Overall, I enjoyed listening to this audiobook, I probably wouldn't have bought it myself, There were some parts that felt too summarized when the narrator just told you what had happened, I would rather watch the movie, which I felt explored the story more effectively and didn't summarize chunks in such an obvious way as the play.
I would probably watch the actual play if I had a chance, but I'm not sure if I'll ever feel that interested in listening to it in audiobook format again.
I think the play is something that was meant to be seen and not just listened to, It just didn't always seem to translate well,

sitelink blogspot. com/ Audiobook version. If you have ever wondered about the antievolution in science

classrooms argument this will interest you, It was upsetting to hear the actual courtroom arguments against teaching evolution in science classes, the main one, to paraphrase, being that "the Bible has taught me all I need to know.
" Nothing new has been added to the argument since, except for the intelligent design concept, which is of the same stripe.
This audio production using actual court dialog is as relevant today as it wasyears ago, This was great especially after watching "Judas and the Black Messiah" just before finishing this book, It once again reminds me that we seen Trumpian days and people who support him and his causes, . . we've seen this before and we came through it okay, I suppose I should watch some Joe McCarthy hearing videos to complete the memories, Thought and reason go out the window when people get sucked in my Trumplike asswipes and religious bullpucky, I've known of this trial through history and science classes but it was interesting to hear an audiodrama version of it and to remind myself how important it is to keep an open mind and that church and state need to be kept separate.
is a mirror image of, with the Scopes Trial involving creationism vs evolution education, This is a play, derived from the trial transcript, I found it fascinating and the performances were excellent,
What struck me most was that we are still fighting about this issueyears later, and many of the phrases heard from William Jennings Bryan could easily be found among fundamentalists today.
Actually kind of funny. I got this as a free audio book, It was like a play that was recorded but I had trouble following the different voices because there were so many male characters.
Plus, the content was a bit heavy to listen to in the car! Let's get it out of the way that I love John de Lancie.
I probably gave this an extra star just for him,

I think what was truly stunning to me is how much this still resonates, We'reyears down the road and still grappling with the same issues, I thought that I would be amused by the presentation and the setting in the's, but we're still having the same damn conversations, nearly word for word, so much for nostalgia.
A Play based on the transcript of the Scopes Monkey Trial, Last year audiosync gave this out as a free audiobook, It is a full cast production and it was really well donea recording of an actual performance of the play.
Still mulling this over. I read it in high school, but now I'm approaching it with new eyes, I love the film Inherit the Wind theversion with Spencer Tracy so I was pleased to find this play about the Scopes trial as one of theSYNC audiobook offerings.
While I enjoyed this audiobook, it didn't come across as a play but more as a full cast recording of a book due to the exposition of a "narrator" used in the literature sense rather than the audiobook sense.
I have difficulty imagining how it would work on stage,

Still, I am glad to have learned a bit more about the case and the cast was terrific especially Ed Asner and Jerry Hardin.


Since GR doesn't provide the audiobook narrators, here is the cast:
Edward Asner as William Jennings Bryan
Bill Brochtrup as Ensemble
Kyle ColeriderKrugh as Ensemble
Matthew Patrick Davis as John Thomas Scopes
John de Lancie as Clarence Darrow
James Gleason as H.
L. Mencken
Harry Groener as Dudley Field Malone
Jerry Hardin as Judge John Raulston
Geoffrey Lower as Attorney General Stewart
Marnie Mosiman as the Narrator
Kenneth Alan Williams as Arthur Garfield Hays
This was well done and scaryrelevant to current events.
A good production This play, based on the Scopes Monkey Trial ofis a dramatic turning point in the expansion of reason and intelligence from the hold of relentless dogmatic stubbornness based in religion.
Although I always hope the result of this drama would highlight the complete compatibility of science and religion, it fails every time.
Instead, it reprints a continuous fight from one limited perspective to the next, The answer, like so many remains somewhere in the middle, but this play represents the earlier aspects of Darwin's Origin of Species and the ongoing debate in fine style.
Entertaining. Im not really sure how I feel about this play, to be quite honest, Its an interesting subject, and full cast audios are the best, especially when theyre by LA Theatre Works and the actors are actually performing.
However, simply based on the fact that its supposed to represent a historical event, I just didnt like that I wasnt sure which parts were dramatized and which were truly taken from the court records, especially when it came to dialogue.
There were some parts that I feel like might have been added simply for entertainment/humor value, but if they werent, then that would have interested me in a completely different way, but I was never sure if any/all of it was true or made up.


Besides that, its an interesting case thats worth further study and thought, Since Andrews a teacher, and I studied education for my Masters, the way law and social norms influence how and what we teach is incredibly interesting to me, so that helped a lot for pulling me into the story in general.
This case also foreshadows a lot of the textbook wars we have presentday, so its fascinating to hear some of these first arguments for/against teaching evolution/religion.
Very cool.

However, I think itd be better to actually see the play or read the book, It was hard for me to keep all the characters straight, and within the trial, I think its important to know who is speaking and who is making what argument even though after a while, you can figure it out.
Admittedly, Im not the best when it comes to remembering details when Im only getting information through audio, so if audio is your strong suit, then it might not be a problem for you.


Overall, however, I think it was a good dramatization of the trial and it presented a lot of interesting factors that like the description says were still debating today, especially within education.
I just think that I would have much preferred to read this than to listen to it, even with the full cast.


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