To Kill A Mockingbird Reviews

Brian Morgan from London, England

SHOUTY SUPERFICIAL CABARET OF NONSENSE

A terrible self-indulgent production. It seems that it wanted to be TV. Not theatrical - the sets were impressively choreographed and everything else is manipulation , over-explication and over-loud. Also it ruins any memory of the book. Avoid Go for a nice

Ingrid Geenen from Antwerp, Belgium

A HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT

Harper Lee's book is one of my all time favourites. My sister and I had been looking forward to the play and made the journey from Belgium especially for it. We could have cried and shouted with disappointment and frustration!! From the first minutes, an uneasy feeling of irritation crept in, which only grew worse as the play dragged on. The absurd, failed southern accents, the horrible shouting voices of the "children", the way it played on cheap laughter. The first time the audience almost errupted with laughter, we were in shock!! Nowhere in the book is there any reason for bursts of laughter. Lee's Scout is endearing and brings smiles of recognition to the reader's face whereas the play completely misses all subtlety. Characters like Calpurnia, Jim, Dill, were made to look like charicatures. A missed opportunity to pay tribute to Lee's beautiful and delicately balanced novel. Read the book again. It does not need a theatrical version!

Frank from London, England

TO KILL A MOCKING BIRD

Very disappointing loved the book but this was poorly acted fake accents that were at times difficult to follow! And humour where was that in the book! Sadly only one star!!

J.M. from London, England

A HUGE DISAPPOINTENT

'To Kill a Mockingbird' is my favourite book, and so I was thrilled when my daughter bought me two tickets to the play for my birthday. Sadly, I came away bitterly disappointed. Aaron Sorkin's adaptation butchers this beloved classic. Changes were made, for no apparent reason in some cases and merely to fit a present day narrative in others. No, Mr Sorkin, the jury didn't make a swift decision over the guilt of Tom Robinson. Atticus didn't mutter 'You're welcome' to Calpurnia after telling her that he was taking on the case andTom was not shot 17 times. Finally, rather than having Atticus simply and calmly wiping saliva off his face when a post trial Bob Ewell spat at him, Sorkin had Atticus actually brawling with him; a complete betrayal of Harper Lee's beloved character. The sense of hope and change was completely absent and I was shocked by the sheer arrogance of the playwright, who appears to have missed the point of the book entirely. The actors did their best with a poor script but, if you have any fondness for the book at all, I suggest you give this travesty of a play a miss.

J.M. from London, England

A HUGE DISAPPOINTENT

'To Kill a Mockingbird' is my favourite book, and so I was thrilled when my daughter bought me two tickets to the play for my birthday. Sadly, I came away bitterly disappointed. Aaron Sorkin's adaptation butchers this beloved classic. Changes were made, for no apparent reason in some cases and merely to fit a present day narrative in others. No, Mr Sorkin, the jury did not make a swift decision over the guilt of Tom Robinson, Atticus didn't mutter 'You're welcome' to Calpurnia after telling her that he was taking on the case, and Tom was not shot 17 times. There were many more anomalies. Finally, rather than having Atticus simply and calmly wiping saliva off his face when a post trial Bob Ewell spat at him, Sorkin had Atticus actually brawling with him; a complete betrayal of Harper Lee's dearest character. Subtlety was completely absent, as was any sense of hope and change. I was shocked by the sheer arrogance of the playwright who appears to have missed the point of the book entirely; replacing nuance with a ham fisted, mediocre revision. The actors did their best with a poor script but, if you have any fondness for the book at all, I suggest you give this travesty of a play a miss.

Jen from London, England

TEDIOUS - A WASTE OF MONEY

I thought I was having an off day, but it seems not having seen some of the genuine reviews on this website. I found this play very amateurish and tedious. The accents were overplayed which made some of the dialogue hard to decipher in places. The injection of silly jokes here and there was completely inappropriate and trivialised the seriousness of the story. I was ready to leave at the interval but decided to see it through. The second half gained slightly more momentum, but in my opinion, a great opportunity lost. The standing ovation was embarrassing, the play did not do justice in portraying such a powerful story.

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