Rhys Ifans will play the iconic role of Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird, the new play by Aaron Sorkin based on Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, directed by Bartlett Sher, which will open in London’s West End in 2020.
Marking the 60th anniversary of its publication in 2020, Harper Lee’s story of racial injustice centres on Atticus Finch, a small-town lawyer who has become one of the most venerated characters in American literature. The cast of characters includes Atticus’s daughter Scout, her brother Jem, their housekeeper and caretaker Calpurnia, their visiting friend Dill, a mysterious neighbour the reclusive Arthur “Boo” Radley, and the other indelible residents of Maycomb, Alabama.
Having run in New York for a year, it’s already the most successful American play in Broadway history.
