Performance

VenueTheatre Royal
Other spaces: Studio, Stage 2
TownNorwich
CountyNorfolk
From17th October 2006
To21st October 2006
When19:30. Wed, Thu, Sat Mats 14:30
PricesFrom £5.00. To £20.50.
What is currently on at Theatre Royal (V72)

To Kill a Mockingbird

T506657155
The place is Maycomb, Alabama in the Great Depression years of the 1930s. Momentous events unfold through the eyes of eight year old Scout Finch, growing up in a close knit neighbourhood with her older brother Jem and their summertime visitor Dill. When their father Atticus Finch, a well respected lawyer, mounts a vigorous and compelling case for the defence of Tom Robinson, a poor black man accused of the rape of a young white girl, an idyllic world of childhood is changed forever. Through the drama of the trial and its aftermath comes a searching examination of freedom, justice, honesty and hypocrisy. A compelling, deeply moving story told with warmth and humour.
Book by Harper Lee
Author Christopher Sergel


Archive :: production:T506657155, play:S5306, venue:V72

Production details

Reviews

Overall: 4.00
USER (31Oct06): To Kill a Mockingbird Birmingham Rep, 30 October 2006 Produced by West Yorkshire Playhouse, Birmingham Rep, Watershed Productions and The Touring Consortium. A capacity audience were at The Rep last night to see Christopher Sergel's excellent stage adaptation of Harper Lee's Pulitzer prize-winning novel. Written by Harper Lee in the late 1950s the story was originally snapped up by Hollywood and made into an award-winning film in 1962, which won three Oscars, including Best Actor for Gregory Peck in the leading role of Atticus Finch. The story takes place in Maycomb, Alabama during the Great Depression years of the 1930s. The action is seen through the eyes of 8-year-old Scout Finch (played by Bettrys Jones), her older brother Jem (played by Craig Vye) and their summertime visitor Dill (played by Jean-Marc Perret). All 3 actors have perfected the southern drawl but because of this at times it was difficult to follow all that was said. When their father Atticus Finch, a local lawyer, (played by Duncan Preston), represents a poor disabled black man Tom Robinson, (played by Vinta Morgan) on a charge of the rape of a young white girl, Mayella Ewell (played by Sally Tatum) their life is changed forever. It is the courtroom drama in Act 2 and the subsequent events that remain shocking and moving. Act 1 whilst setting the scene for what was to come needed to be tighter and faster paced. Duncan Preston is a very well known television actor and it is perhaps his long association with comedienne Victoria Wood, and TV comedies like Acorn Antiques and Dinner ladies that most people will know him for. Here however you will find a very different actor whose name should in all fairness be along side the title of this play or even above it. His commanding presence in the central role of Atticus Finch is powerful and believable. His final address to the jury is a masterpiece. Directed by Michael Buffong with a splendid cast and with an excellent set designed by Simon Higlett in which you could almost feel the heat of the courtroom this is a drama well worth seeing. This excellent production continues at The Rep until Saturday 18 November 2006. Clive Fuller 4

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Company

Producer West Yorkshire Playhouse
Producer Birmingham Repertory Theatre Company
Producer Touring Consortium
Producer Watershed Productions
Director Michael Buffong
Design Simon Higlett
Lighting Johanna Town
Director Neale Birch (associate director)
Director Kate Waters (fight)
Other Sally Hague (dialect coach)
Performer Duncan Preston (Atticus Finch)
Performer Stephen Casey (Heck Talte)
Performer Andrea Harris (Calpurnia)
Performer Richard Heap (Boo Radley / Mr Gilmer)
Performer Bettrys Jones (Scout)
Performer Ged McKenna (Bob Ewell)
Performer Vinta Morgan (Tom Robinson)
Performer Charlie Roe (Judge Taylor)
Performer Helen Ryan (Miss Maudie)
Performer Joe Speare (Reverend Sykes)
Performer Sally Tatum (Mayella)
Performer Craig Vye (Jem)
Performer Anita Booth
Performer Christopher Chilton
Performer Tor Clark
Performer Andrew Kwame
Performer Phil Mulryne
Performer Charity Or
Performer Jean-Marc Perret
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