Atticus is more than just a father he’s a teacher and a moralist without being moralistic. Those conversations, and Atticus’ talks with the three young people, are some of the finest moments of the play. Calpurnia responds, “Well, let me see if I can find a way to relate to that.” She also reminds him about white privilege when he says the children shouldn’t have to be afraid to walk around where they live. Calpurnia takes a realistic view of her fellow Maycomb citizens and she doesn’t hesitate to tell Atticus what she thinks about his open-hearted views. She and Atticus have serious conversations about the state of life in Maycomb. The Finch household is managed by Calpurnia (Jacqueline Williams, a fine Chicago actor who we have seen in many plays at Goodman, Court and Steppenwolf theaters). Jacqueline Williams and Richard Thomas, foreground. (We learn that Ewell, father of a large brood of children, doesn’t hesitate to brutalize them, including 19-year-old Mayella.) Mayella’s father, the violent racist drunk Bob Ewell (Joey Collins), threatens Atticus for defending a Black man and brings out the local Klan members, who threaten brutality against both Atticus and his client. That connection results in a charge of rape against Robinson, and Atticus becomes his defense attorney. He’s a soft-spoken Black man who occasionally does some chores for Mayella Ewell (Arianna Gayle Stucki) because he feels sorry for her.
And Atticus Finch (thoughtfully played by Richard Thomas) is still a good man, a fine lawyer and perhaps just a bit naïve in his faith in the “good people of Maycomb.”īartlett Sher, who directed the Broadway production, directs this touring production with a careful hand and no hesitation in showing the violent racism of a small town in 1930s Alabama. Mockingbird is still set in 1934 in the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama. Richard Thomas as Atticus in the courtroom.
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