Clarence Darrow's Last Trial
by Shirley Lauro

Name: Clarence Darrow's Last Trial
Brand: Shirley Lauro
SKU: 9780573697067
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)

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Synopsis

The story takes place in 1932, the last time Clarence Darrow pleads in a criminal court of law.

Set in various places in Chicago and Hawaii, Darrow with his wife, Ruby, travels to Honolulu to defend a Pearl Harbor Naval Lieutenant accused of shooting a Hawaiian who allegedly led a gang rape on the Lieutenant's wife.

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Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Clarence Darrow 70s. Tall, craggy, American looks. Wears red galluses, string tie, white shirt, crumpled gray linen suit, hat of the era. Rambunctious, strong, brilliant, egocentric, stubborn, but in his seniority, aging, at an extremely vulnerable time in his life and career. RUBY DARROW – Middle-aged. Younger than Darrow. This is a second marriage for Darrow. Ruby was his secretary. They are deeply in love. She is totally devoted to him and his work. They are partners in work; she is intuitive about him and his strengths and she trusts her opinion. More now that he's older. She believes in the causes he fights as much as he does. All he does: his triumphs, his defeats are hers too. In this way they are truly "one." She has an inner and outer beauty, is very bright, steady and intuitive. Simple print dress of the period, small heels, hat, chenille robe at start. LIEUTENANT JOHN RAMSEY – Late 20s. Handsome. "All American" in looks and manner. A Naval officer, first Lieutenant, who bears himself as such. Sense of authority, in control of himself and others. Perhaps too much? Speaks with Southern accent. DR. DAVID STEIN – Middle aged. Dark, Jewish. Wears vest, doctors white coat, glasses/pince-nez),smokes pipe. Man of intelligence, an avant-garde doctor in the new field of psychiatry, coming into vogue at time of play. Has known Darrow since he was still in Residency and testified and helped him with the Leopold Loeb case, "Insanity as mitigating circumstance in the defense." REPORTER TOM LOU – 30s. Asian/white/mixed blood. An ambitious, bright, assertive man with depth, perception, humor. Wears mix of Hawaiian/American/Asian clothes. A straw hat of some sort. MRS. MONTEGU – 40-ish. Lieutenant Ramsey's mother-in-law; Theodie Ramsey's mother. Very aristocratic. WASP, Southern accent. A Southern matriarch from an old Southern plantation family in Atlanta that's kept its wealth. A heritage she's proud of. Charming, grand in manner, a great hostess, especially at Oyster Bay, L.	female	70s	70s. Tall, craggy, American looks. Wears red galluses, string tie, white shirt, crumpled gray linen suit, hat of the era. Rambunctious, strong, brilliant, egocentric, stubborn, but in his seniority, aging, at an extremely vulnerable time in his life and career. RUBY DARROW – Middle-aged. Younger than Darrow. This is a second marriage for Darrow. Ruby was his secretary. They are deeply in love. She is totally devoted to him and his work. They are partners in work; she is intuitive about him and his strengths and she trusts her opinion. More now that he's older. She believes in the causes he fights as much as he does. All he does: his triumphs, his defeats are hers too. In this way they are truly "one." She has an inner and outer beauty, is very bright, steady and intuitive. Simple print dress of the period, small heels, hat, chenille robe at start. LIEUTENANT JOHN RAMSEY – Late 20s. Handsome. "All American" in looks and manner. A Naval officer, first Lieutenant, who bears himself as such. Sense of authority, in control of himself and others. Perhaps too much? Speaks with Southern accent. DR. DAVID STEIN – Middle aged. Dark, Jewish. Wears vest, doctors white coat, glasses/pince-nez),smokes pipe. Man of intelligence, an avant-garde doctor in the new field of psychiatry, coming into vogue at time of play. Has known Darrow since he was still in Residency and testified and helped him with the Leopold Loeb case, "Insanity as mitigating circumstance in the defense." REPORTER TOM LOU – 30s. Asian/white/mixed blood. An ambitious, bright, assertive man with depth, perception, humor. Wears mix of Hawaiian/American/Asian clothes. A straw hat of some sort. MRS. MONTEGU – 40-ish. Lieutenant Ramsey's mother-in-law; Theodie Ramsey's mother. Very aristocratic. WASP, Southern accent. A Southern matriarch from an old Southern plantation family in Atlanta that's kept its wealth. A heritage she's proud of. Charming, grand in manner, a great hostess, especially at Oyster Bay, L.