To Kill a Mockingbird

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Writers: Christopher Sergel Harper Lee

Overview

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Based On Book By
Category
Play
Number of Acts
2
First Produced
1990
Genres
Drama
Settings
Period, Multiple Settings
Time & Place
maycomb, alabama, maycomb alabama 1935 as remembered by an adult jean louise finch now in her mid-30s
Cast Size
large
Orchestra Size
None
Dancing
None
Casting Notes
Mostly male cast
Includes child, early teen, adult, mature adult, elderly, young adult, late teen characters

Synopsis

It’s 1935, and racial tensions are high in Maycomb, Alabama. Nonetheless, young Jean Louise Finch -- or Scout, as she is fondly called -- manages to live a rather carefree, privileged existence, insulated from issues of race. All that changes when Scout watches her father, Atticus Finch, defend an innocent man, Tom Robinson, against a potential death sentence, which looms threateningly against him because of prejudice due to race. Scout begins to realize that just because society portrays something as being true doesn’t mean that it actually is fact. With the the help of Atticus, and her older brother Jem, Scout learns that “growing up” often means doing what is right, even when it comes at great cost. To Kill A Mockingbird is now considered an American masterpiece about the power of childhood innocence, morality, and love. However, it is important to note that the author, Harper Lee always defined it as a simple love story.

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