To Kill a Mockingbird (2018 play)

To Kill a Mockingbird
Promotional Playbill cover of the original Broadway production
Written byAaron Sorkin
Based onTo Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
Date premieredDecember 13, 2018 (2018-12-13)
Place premieredShubert Theatre, New York City
GenreDrama
SettingMaycomb, Alabama

To Kill a Mockingbird is a 2018 play based on the 1960 novel of the same name by Harper Lee, adapted for the stage by Aaron Sorkin. It opened on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre on December 13, 2018. The play opened in London's West End at the Gielgud Theatre in March 2022.[1][2] The show follows the story of Atticus Finch, a lawyer in 1930s Alabama, as he defends Tom Robinson, a black man falsely accused of rape.[3] Varying from the book, the play has Atticus as the protagonist, not his daughter Scout, allowing his character to change throughout the show.[4] During development the show was involved in two legal disputes, the first with the Lee estate over the faithfulness of the play to the original book, and the second was due to exclusivity to the rights with productions using an earlier script by Christopher Sergel.[4][5] During opening week, the production garnered more than $1.5 million in box office sales and reviews by publications such as the New York Times, LA Times and AMNY were positive but not without criticism.[6][7][8][9]

  1. ^ "Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird opens at Gielgud Theatre May 2021". British Theatre.com. January 29, 2021.
  2. ^ "'To Kill a Mockingbird': Harper Lee's seminal novel is set to take the West End by storm in 2020". londonboxoffice.co.uk. London Box Office. December 6, 2019. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
  3. ^ Limbong, Andrew (December 26, 2018). "Aaron Sorkin Brings 'To Kill A Mockingbird' To The Broadway Stage". NPR.org.
  4. ^ a b McNulty, Charles (April 30, 2019). "Aaron Sorkin talks 'To Kill a Mockingbird' and disavowing the white savior role". Los Angeles Times.
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