Estate alleges Aaron Sorkin’s script breaches undertakings to stay faithful to Lee’s novel, altering characters including Atticus Finch, Tom Robinson and Scout Finch
The estate of Harper Lee has filed a lawsuit against the producers of a highly-anticipated Broadway adaptation of To Kill A Mockingbird, arguing that the Aaron Sorkin’s script “departs from the spirit of the novel”.
The lawsuit, filed on Tuesday in Alabama by the late author’s lawyer Tonja Carter, alleges that Sorkin’s script has substantially altered Lee’s novel, despite a clause in the contract stipulating that “the play shall not derogate or depart in any manner from the spirit of the novel nor alter its characters”. The estate argues that Sorkin’s script alters several characters, including Atticus Finch – a lawyer who defends Tom Robinson, a black man unjustly accused of rape.
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