Clarence Darrow

"The 20th century's greatest champion of labor and the poor"

Wednesday September 10, 2008

7:00 p.m. at the Chelmsford Public Library

A one-man show, this play features intense court room drama and comic relief as it highlights the life and times of Clarence Darrow, attorney extraordinaire and defender of the downtrodden and the damned. From his youthful innocence in small town Ohio to the embattled national stage of the "Scopes Monkey Trial" and Leopold and Loeb court rooms, it is a roller coaster ride into the heart and mind of a complex American Hero. Free and open to the public!

 

 

About the actor:

Richard Clark has spent recent years working professionally in New York Theater and on television. His film credits include "The Kennedys of Massachusetts," "Guiding Light," "As the World Turns," and "Saturday Night Live." Mr. Clark has also appeared in many regional theaters including major roles in "Inherit the Wind," "One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest," "The Foreigner," and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" For a number of years, he has focused on presenting a series of one-person shows for community audiences throughout New England. The theme tying all the performances is "Keeping History Alive." Historical characters are brought to life in performances created from the lives and work of Mark Twain, Clarence Darrow, John Barrymore, Andrew Carnegie, and William Shakespeare.