Why See To Kill A Mockingbird?
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Storming onto Broadway in late 2018 Aaron Sorkin's acclaimed adaptation of To Kill A Mockingbird has finally opened in London, starring Rafe Spall as Atticus Finch. Adapted from the classic Harper Lee novel the production wowed Broadway's critics, earning itself nine 2019 Tony Award nominations. Bartlett Sher, who garnered the nomination for Best Direction of a Play, returns to direct this West End run.
A portrait of simmering racial tensions in a small southern town, To Kill a Mockingbird is considered one of the greatest American novels ever written. In today's climate, its themes of prejudice and inequality seem just as prescient, while the book's steadfast lawyer Atticus Finch remains the gold standard for noble heroes.
WHAT IS TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD ABOUT?
Told through the eyes of 13-year-old Scout, Mockingbird is set in the pre-civil rights era Deep South of the 1930s. When local black man Tom Robinson is accused of raping a white girl, Scout's lawyer father Atticus Finch takes on the case, determined to try and give Tom a fair trial. With his decision to defend Tom, Atticus finds himself ostracised from the community, and the lives of his family put into danger. As the trial approaches, Atticus must choose whether to buckle under the mounting pressure or to stand his ground and fight for what is right.
Did you know?
The Broadway production of To Kill A Mockingbird has broken record after record and is now the highest-grossing American play in Broadway history!
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Dates
Opening night: 10 March 2022
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Cast and Creative
Cast
Rafe Spall as Atticus Finch
Gwyneth Keyworth as Scout Finch
Jude Owusu as Tom Robinson
Harry Redding as Jem
Pamela Nomvete as Calpurnia
Jim Norton as Judge Taylor
Harry Atwell as Boo Radley
Amanda Boxer as Mrs. DuBose
Poppy Lee Friar as Mayella
Patrick O'Kane as Bob Ewell
Lloyd Hutchinson as Link
Simon Hepworth, Laura Howard and Tom Manion.
Creative
Written and adapted by Aaron Sorkin
Directed by Bartlett Sher
Awards
TONY AWARDS, 2019 - WINS
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play - Celia Keenan-Bolger
TONY AWARDS, 2019 - NOMINATIONS
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play - Jeff Daniels
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre - Adam Guettel
Best Direction of a Play - Barlett Sher
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play - Gideon Glick
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play - Celia Keenan-Bolger
Best Scenic Design of a Play - Miriam Buether
Best Costume Design of a Play - Ann Roth
Best Sound Design of a Play - Scott Lehrer
Best Lighting Design of a Play - Jennifer Tipton
DRAMA DESK, 2019 - WINS
Outstanding Featured Actress In A Play - Celia Keenan-Bolger
DRAMA DESK, 2019 - NOMINATIONS
Outstanding Featured Actress In A Play - Celia Keenan-Bolger
DRAMA LEAGUE AWARDS, 2019 - NOMINATIONS
Distinguished Performance Award - Celia Keenan-Bolger, Jeff Daniels
Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play
What we thought
Profound inspiring TIMELY
A production handled with the care and fervor it so deserves
There isn't anything more harrowing than the past existing in the present - like a ghost wandering your home feeling entitled to a space that you inhabit.
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Nicola Quinn
What you thought
11 reviews, average rating: (4.3 Stars)
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