Clarence Darrow
by David Rintels, Irving Stone

Name: Clarence Darrow
Brand: David Rintels
SKU: 9780573640414

Clarence Darrow Book Cover — Clarence Darrow Cover

Highlights

Male

90 mins 1930s Strong Role for Leading Man (Star Vehicle) Bare Stage/Simple Set Period Costumes

Awards & Recognition

Drama Desk Award

Winner! Two 1974 Drama Desk Awards, including Outstanding New Playwright

Synopsis

Clarence Darrow, the famous attorney, reminisces over his long and renowned career, touching on many of his famous trials, including the “Monkey” trial and the sensational Leopold and Loeb case.

Darrow reviews much of America’s legal history with salty humor, courtroom gusto, and human relish.

His private life and many contemporary events, including labor conditions, are woven into this story of a man who accepted unpopular cases and defended unpopular causes.

This champion of dissenters and underdogs was also a writer and lecturer, and he conjures up many famous people from his life and times.

Henry Fonda starred on Broadway and in the national tour.

Press Reviews

"I urge everyone, man, woman and child interested in justice and America, to see this play... it is just plain wonderful."
— Clive Barnes, The New York Times

"Gripping, galvanizing... an intimate insight into the man and his brave, barnstorming career... a mixture of dryly funny, blunt, common-sensical wisdom and impassioned eloquence."
— Chicago Tribune

"One of the great theatrical events of the season... a portrait ofa man of intelligent, thoughtful, active humanity."
— Columbia Spectator

"As a portrait of an extraordinary man, this is absorbing in its detail and as pungent as if the paint were still wet. As a story of commitment to truth and humanity, it is nothing short of an inspiration."
— Chicago Tribune

"Magnificent... A rich picture of a buccaneering nonconformist who prided himself on saving 102 individuals from the death penalty and who was always ready to take on privilege and power."
— The Guardian

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Clarence Darrow Warm, loving, rumpled, comfortable, unceremonial. A former lawyer. 67 years old.	—	—	Warm, loving, rumpled, comfortable, unceremonial. A former lawyer. 67 years old.