Best Fiction Audiobooks of All Time The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial
- 2. The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial
The Scopes Trial, over the right to teach evolution in public schools, reaffirmed the importance of intellectual freedom
as codified in the Bill of Rights. The trial, in a smalltown Tennessee courtroom in 1925, set the stage for ongoing
debates over the separation of Church and State in a democratic society debates that continue to this day.
An L.A. Theatre Works fullcast performance featuring Edward Asner, Bill Brochtrup, Kyle ColeriderKrugh, Matthew
Patrick Davis, John de Lancie, James Gleason, Harry Groener, Jerry Hardin, Geoffrey Lower, Marnie Mosiman and
Kenneth Alan Williams.
The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring sciencethemed plays.
Major funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to enhance public understanding
of science and technology in the modern world.