Harper Lee's “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Christopher Sergel Directed by Jill Cross (Play 2   June/July 2005)

Season Closed

To Kill a Mockingbird

Thanks to the generosity of the Augustinian Fathers of Villanova College, this production was presented in the exciting new "Hanrahan Theatre" (named after the founder of Villanova Players).

Season Closed

Evening Performances

Friday 24^th & Saturday 25^th of June 2005,
Friday 1^st, Saturday 2^nd, Friday 8^th & Saturday 9^th July 2005 at 8pm

Matinees

Saturday 25^th & Sunday 26^th of June 2005,
Saturday 2^nd, Sunday 3^rd & Saturday 9^th July 2005 at 2pm

The Play

(Reviews from the London production directed by Chris Hay).

"This beautifully crafted adaptation ... was a bitter-sweet evocation of childhood with its taboos, superstitions and guilelessness, it was sheer joy."

The Manchester Guardian

"[This] adaptation of Harper Lee's novel of violent events in a small town in Alabama in 1935 is holding packed houses in rapt attention."

The Times

"As Atticus says 'They've done it before, they'll do it again, and when they do it seems that only children weep.' I think most of the audience wept too. The final scene of this remarkable production takes us into this terrifying zone, and recreates the moment when Scout surfaces from the clear morality of childhood into the injustices of the adult world."

The Financial Times

"Miss it and you've missed something important"

Birmingham Evening Mall

The Director

Jill Cross has directed many plays for VP, including "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "A Woman of No Importance", "The Matchmaker" and "An Ideal Husband".
She was most recently seen on-stage in 'Allo 'Allo, where she played the part of the resistance operative Michelle ("I will say this only once").

The Cast
to see rehearsal photos, click here

Jean Louise Finch (Scout)	Alexis
or	Melissa
Jeremy Finch (Jem)	Kyle
or	Lachlan
Atticus Finch	Pat Mullins
Calpurnia	Lucy Lopez
Maudie Atkinson	Maria Plumb
Stephanie Crawford	Trish Carroll
Mrs Dubose	Pat Wockner
Arthur Radley (Boo)	Mark Steel
Charles Baker Harris (Dill)	Thomas
or	Nathan
Heck Tate	Paul Liddy
Judge Taylor	Brian Cannon
Reverend Sykes	Roy Case
Mayella Ewell	Anthea Lock
Bob Ewell	Robert Gettons
Walter Cunningham	David Jones
Mr Gilmer	Rod Thompson
Tom Robinson	Watson

The Crew