![]() Objections against the book began soon after it was published. One reason Mockingbird remains so familiar to Americans is that it's a fixture on school reading lists - even as some boards and libraries try to remove the novel from their shelves. "Aaron has made Atticus a wonderfully human character," Thomas said, one who's "flawed, has a great sense of humor." And he's frustrated, struggling to raise kids - with the help of the Finch family housekeeper, Calpurnia. But Sorkin felt, to work as a stage drama, it needed some changes, including making Atticus not so perfectly noble. Mockingbird involves an innocent Black man being accused of raping a white woman. Sorkin is known for his quippish, provocative and theatrical dialogue in such TV shows as The West Wing and films like The Trial of the Chicago 7. Richard Thomas in the tour of "To Kill a Mockingbird"īut Hollywood writer-producer Aaron Sorkin wrote this adaptation, which ran for more than two years on Broadway. "Icons are unplayable, essentially," Thomas said. "I've had so many lawyers and judges come up," he said, "and say how Atticus was such an inspiration to them."īasically, Atticus Finch has become an American icon.Īnd that can present difficulties - for an actor. In the current tour of Mockingbird opening in Dallas, Richard Thomas - the Emmy-winning actor famous from such TV series as The Americans and The Waltons - plays Atticus. And in the the legal profession, Lee's country lawyer has become a "folk hero." Casey Cep, author of Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud and the Last Trial of Harper Lee, has said that for most Americans, Mockingbird has become a piece of "secular scripture."Īs for Atticus, he's even had a biography written about him. ![]() Lee's novel about childhood in Alabama during the Depression won the Pulitzer Prize and has sold more than 30 million copies. Foote's personal papers happen to be at Southern Methodist University - including his annotated copy of Mockingbird. Peck won an Oscar for his performance, and Texas playwright Horton Foote received one for his screen adaptation of Harper Lee's 1960 novel. It is, of course, Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch (along with co-stars Mary Badham and Phillip Alford) in the film To Kill a Mockingbird. ![]() To Kill a Mockingbird was adapted into a film in 1962, starring Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch, Mary Badham as Scout and Phillip Alford as Jem. ![]()
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