Inherit the Wind, with Spacey and Troughton, Opens in London Oct. 1

In the classic courtroom drama, which runs through Dec. 20, Spacey and Troughton play the two legal titans Matthew Harrison Brady and Henry Drummond, respectively, who confront each other when a close-knit community puts freedom of thought on trial.

The company also includes Paris Arrowsmith, Paul Birchard, Ken Bones, Adam Booth, David Burrows, Sonya Cassidy, Ian Conningham, Sam Cox, Mark Dexter, Mary Doherty, Branwell Donaghey, Janine Duvitski, Sarah Ingram, Nicholas Jones, Sid Livingstone, Simon Lee Phillips, Sam Phillips, Vincent Pirillo, Christopher Ragland, Susan Tracy and Janet Whiteside.

The production is designed by Rob Howell, with costumes by Howell and Irene Bohan, lighting by Howard Harrison and sound by Fergus O'Hare.

Based on the famous 1925 Scopes "Monkey" trial in which science teacher John Scopes was accused of violating a Tennessee state statute by teaching Charles Darwin's theory of evolution to his students, the play revolves around schoolteacher Bertram Cates, who violates a state law and finds himself at the center of a court case that not only shakes the United States but resonates across the world. This production marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin's "The Origin of Species" and the 200th anniversary of his birth. The play originally premiered on Broadway in 1955, and has been revived there in 1996 (starring George C. Scott) and 2007 (with Christopher Plummer).