On Monday, Magistrate Judge Aaron ordered that the producers of To Kill a Mockingbird must film a performance of their play no later than May 15 as part of expedited discovery in their dispute with the estate of novelist Harper Lee. The producers are seeking a judicial declaration that the play (with a script written
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Broadway Producers Offer to Perform “To Kill a Mockingbird” in Court to Prove Faithfulness to Novel
By Charles Michael on
In a complaint filed Monday, the producers of a forthcoming Broadway version of To Kill a Mockingbird, with a script written by Aaron Sorkin, are seeking a judicial declaration that the play is consistent with a written agreement to the rights to the play for just these purposes. An alleged representative of Harper Lee’s…