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First, it is not a book in the sense that it is intended to be read. It is the script for a play that is intended to be performed. Second, Lawrence and Lee were not as interested in proving or disproving Darwinism as they were in exploring the idea of intellectual freedom, even of unpopular ideas. Third, the play is not intended as a docudrama of the actual trial. The play is an assault on McCarthyism's attempt to produce orthodoxy in thought [similar to Miller's use of The Crucible to show how hysteria leads to devastating consequences]. Fourth, after a time, in the original production, the actors playing Brady and Drummond alternated roles from performance to performance.

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