Author shall have the absolute and unconditional right to approve the Playwright for the Play.
As far as Atticus and his virtue goes, this is a different take on Mockingbird than Harper Lee’s or [writer of the 1962 big-screen adaptation] Horton Foote’s.
Atticus Finch is no stranger to reinterpretation, having been reimagined by Lee in the posthumously published prequel Go Set a Watchman, itself the subject of much criticism for its changes to a beloved character.
Weeks before the second actors’ workshop begins on Aaron Sorkin’s To Kill a Mockingbird stage adaptation, he and producer Scott Rudin’s Rudinplay have been sued for misrepresenting the story and the character of Atticus Finch in their version of the story by the estate of the late author Harper Lee.