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This February York Theatre Royal and the Touring Consortium Theatre Company present Harper Lee’s classic, To Kill A Mockingbird (11 – 26 Feb). Duncan Preston takes on the role of Atticus Finch in this dramatic story of racial and political tensions.
This gripping stage adaptation of Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel has a cast of 20 talented actors. Heading up the cast is Duncan Preston who returns to the role of iconic lawyer Atticus Finch, after his critically acclaimed performance in 2007. Duncan is best known for his recent appearance in Emmerdale as well as the hugely popular TV series Dinner
11 - 26 February 2011
To Kill a Mockingbird
Ladies. Many other familiar faces return in this epic production to York’s main stage; Rob Pickavance (The Wind in the Willows), Robin Simpson (The Seagull, The Railway Children), Andy Hockley and Matt Rixon (Bouncers), Tina Gray and Clare Corbett (Pygmalion) and Jacqueline Wood (Twelfth Night).
Set in America’s Deep South during the 1930s depression, To Kill A Mockingbird shows Jem and Scout Finch’s idyllic childhood innocence shattered when they realise that bigotry and prejudice rule in their small town in Alabama. When their father Atticus defends a young black man falsely accused of raping a white woman, the whole family become the target of gossip and abuse.
Duncan Preston as Atticus