![]() ![]() ![]() “We hate to ask anybody to cancel any production of a play anywhere, but the productions in question as licensed by DPC infringe on rights licensed to us by Harper Lee directly,” he said in a statement. Rudin is arguing that because author Harper Lee signed over the exclusive worldwide rights of the title to him, other theatrical productions of the work - even those in small cities like Dayton, Ohio and Buffalo, New York - constitute infringement. Most of these productions are not of Sorkin’s play, but are of another 1969 adaptation of Lee’s work, written by playwright Christopher Sergel. That’s the result of legal threats made by Broadway and film producer Scott Rudin, who is currently helming a Broadway adaptation written by Aaron Sorkin and starring Jeff Daniels.Īccording to the Associated Press, Rudin’s legal team has sent letters to community theater groups across the country threatening them to shut down their productions. To Kill a Mockingbird is an American literature classic that’s taught in English classes across the country and staged by community and high school theater groups around the world - and now, those productions are being canceled. We hope they will choose to avail themselves of the opportunity.” “For these theaters, this is the version that can be offered to them, in concert with our agreement with Harper Lee. “In an effort to ameliorate the hurt caused here, we are offering each of these companies the right to perform our version of To Kill a Mockingbird, Aaron Sorkin’s play currently running on Broadway,” he wrote. He also added that he has been “hard at work” creating a solution for this problem. UPDATE: In an emailed statement, Scott Rudin reiterated to Rolling Stone that he was working to “enforce the agreement” made with the estate of the late author, Harper Lee. ![]()
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