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Mockingbird soars in Stratford this season
Aaron Jack 1 i n
The Stratford Festival's produc-
tion of To Kill a Mockingbird is a
moving
Pulitzer
The play
Stratford this
retelling of Harper Lee's
Prize-winning novel.
as performed in
year was adapted for
the stage in
1970 by
Christopher
Sergel and
smartly directed
by Susan H.
Schulman.
The story is
narrated by Jean
Louise Finch
(Michelle
Giroux), the
adult version of
the main charac-
ter Scout
(Abigail Winter-
Culliford).
Jean Louise
stays on stage
throughout the
show, watching
the scenes unfold
when not active-
ly narrating. Her
presence adds
depth by being a
constant physical
reminder that
what the audi-
ence sees are her
memories.
Unfortunately,
her accent jars a
little, sounding
affected. It spoils
the illusion,
reminding you
that you are
watching people
pretend to be
other people in
another time and
place.
That fades
quickly as you
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Thomas Murray, of St. Columban, plays
Jem in To Kill a Mockingbird.
get used to her accent.
Jean Louise retells the part of her
childhood when everything that
, happened in her life revolved - to
varying degrees - around the trial of
Tom Robinson, a young black man
accused of raping a poor white
woman.
Scout's father Atticus Finch, who
defends Robinson in the trial, is
played by Peter Donaldson, a 23 -
season Stratford veteran.
Winter-Culliford is perfect as
Scout - wide-eyed, loud, sometimes
inappropriate and always innocent.
Donaldson's performance was
spot-on: stern, Southern gentleman
and loving father with a strong
sense of moral purpose. Donaldson
has a well-timed stern look that
provokes laughter without him ever
needing to crack a joke or a smile.
Of special interest to local readers
is Thomas Murray, from St.
Columban.
He plays Jem, an anguished
young man learning what the world
really is while trying to figure out
his place in it. Murray captures
that very well.
Dion Johnstone deftly portrays
the desperation of Tom Robinson, a
young man stuck in an impossible
situation.
The rest of the cast brings the
characters of Dill, Calpurnia, Heck
Tate, Reverand Sykes and all the
rest to life.
Along the left of the stage are the
front porches of the Finch home and
their adjacent neighbours. On the
right side of the stage - the other
side of the street - is the house
front of Scout's reclusive neighbour
Boo Radley.
It's a street from a world where
the rules of perspective don't exist,
where houses that face each other
across a street are turned to face
the audience as much as each other.
The effect is spooky and works on
more than just a practical level
since the audience is looking into
the childhood memories of a grown
woman.
The stage backdrop and lighting
often create the look of a hazy sum-
mer day.
The actors, set, props and lighting
work together to conjur a powerful
illusion of the Deep South in the
mid-30s.
When it comes, the resolution of
the Tom Robinson's trial affects the
audience as much as it does the
young protagonists - probably
because we see it through their
eyes.
For information about buying tick-
ets, call the box office at 1-800-567-
1600 or visit
www.stratfordfestival.ca.
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