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Schoolteacher John Scopes is placed under close arrest for advocating Darwin's theory of evolution to his pupils in violation of a stifling Tennessee law banning anything that 'denies the divine creation of man as taught by the Bible'. The case is taken up by a cynical newspaper-man who takes an interest when the champion of the Fundamentalists and three-time presidential candidate is named prosecutor. A fascinating and absorbing dramatisation of the famous 1925 'Monkey Trial'.
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THE WINSLOW BOY (1999)
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A remake of Terrence Rattigan's 'The Winslow Boy' by David Mamet. A boy, accused of stealing a five-shilling postal order from the navy, had his innocence only determined after a lengthy court battle which, at the time, caused a media sensation and put his family under enormous stress. Mamet moves the real story forward so that the sister, Catherine, can be a suffragette and the lengthy legal battle can be played out with the First World War looming on the horizon. The emphasis of the play is wi
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