Am Dram Orangutan

Hi all,One of my main interests - apart from an unhealthy obsession with great apes and throwing opinions around on discussion forums - is acting (or as Mrs Ooook puts it - 'acting up'). I'm a member of a local amatueur dramatics group with its own little theatre.Why am I telling you all this? Well, I've been cast as E.K. Hornbeck in an up and coming production of 'Inherit the Wind': the extremely thinly disguised dramatisation of the Scopes Monkey Trial. I wondered whether anybody was familiar with either the play(or film) and/or the real events. Ta To admins (and argumentative others): I didn't want this to turn into a serious discussion , just a light hearted topic which is why I've posted it in the coffee house.

Ta Berberry,I've had a quick search for the transcripts on-line and found a site with selected bits of the trial. I haven't had a good look at the play yet (the first rehearsal was yesterday), but it does seem that large sections of the courtroom scenes were based on real occurances (like the part where Darrow questions Bryan in the witness stand).I'll try and get my hands on the DVD, but I think that it might be a bit late for my accent as the performances start in a little over a month. Well ... it is roughly on topic Besides, I felt like it was too good an oppurtunity to miss.

Thanks Jar,Just the kind of background I was looking for - great for getting a feel for the character . The quotes page is especially useful, and at least I now know what my haircut should look like, even if my accent drifts from Seattle to New York via Alabama Yes, that's more or less what I've picked up from what little research I've done, although I've not been able to pick up anything specific about when and where to miss out letters and lose the middle of words. Is it fair to say that people in the states view the Baltimore accent as *cough* 'unique'?

Hi Andya,Sorry for the lack of reply. I took a bit of a break from posting for various reasons (none serious), and kept on forgeting to get back to you.The play is being put on in a town just outside London (Bromley - 15 minutes from Victoria) and is in a privately owned little theatre which means that you have to be a member to get tickets. If you are still interested, I could get a ticket for you. The performances are from 15th-23rd July.I'll see if I can establish an e-mail account purely for EvC in the next day or so, so you can contact me directly.Oh and thanks to Berberry for the advice (I do now have a copy of the DVD), Shraf for giving me something to work on in the meantime, and Jar for confusing me even more .