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The stage version of To Kill A Mockingbird is heading to the West End after a legal dispute that threatened to derail it was resolved.
The play, based on Harper Lee’s book, is scripted by The West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin. But he almost found himself in court after the late novelist’s estate said he had changed too much of the story and threatened to sue.
Both sides settled amicably and the production will open at the Gielgud Theatre in London next May, the 60th anniversary of the book’s publication.
Lee’s story of racial injustice and childhood innocence, set in Alabama in 1934, has sold 45 million copies around the world.
The US novelist, who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, died in 2016 at the age of 89.
Sorkin won an Oscar for his screenplay for The Social Network and is also known for films such as Steve Jobs.
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