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Inherit the Wind is reviewed through this site with each page being a different theme of the book.
Inherit the Wind is reviewed by the New York Review of Books.
The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail is reviewed on the Folk and Faith web site.
Additional criticism and review of Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee's works can be found at your local public library.
The following reviews can be accessed online only by an individual who has a current library card through this address.
"Hors D'Oeuvre."
Films in Review, Vol. 11, no. 7, August/September, 1970, p. 427. Reprinted in Drama for Students, Vol. 2.
"The excerpt from a brief review of the 1960 film adaptation of Inherit the Wind emphasizes the real-life events upon which the drama is based."
"A review of Inherit the Wind."
Critic: John Gillett.
Sight and Sound, Vol. 29, no. 3, Summer, 1960, p. 147. Reprinted in Drama for Students, Vol. 2.
"In the review, Gillett offers a mixed assessment of the film version of Inherit the Wind.
"Critical Essay on The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail."
Critic: Ryan D. Poquette.
Drama for Students, Vol. 16, Gale, 2003.
"When The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail begins, the play is very lighthearted, and many of Henry's lines are designed to elicit laughs in other characters or the audience…"
Critical Essay on The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail."
Critic: Curt Guyette.
Drama for Students, Vol. 16, Gale, 2003.
"In their play The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail, Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee explore the issue of morality versus adherence to the law and what the conscientious course of action should be when…"
"The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail: Introduction."
Critic: Alan Woods.
Selected Plays of Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, edited by Alan Woods, Ohio State University Press, 1995, pp. 447-506. Reprinted in Drama for Students, Vol. 16.
"In The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail, Lawrence and Lee continued to explore the historic past through fiction in order to comment on the present, using Henry David Thoreau's own name and…"
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