Lawyer Kevin Tottis for Dramatic Publishing, which licenses an earlier adaptation of the Harper Lee novel, has released a statement on the newest filing.
Three years ago a new Broadway play based on the classic Harper Lee novel tried to prevent regional stagings of an earlier dramatization. Now, the roles are reversed.
An arbitrator ruled that the estate pressured a company called Dramatic Publishing, which licensed a long-performed version of "To Kill a Mockingbird," seeking to interfere with its contracts and that it also tried to keep that version off the stage.