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Robert Sean Leonard will play Atticus Finch

08
Mar

By Open Air Theatre

robert sean leonard

Regent's Park Open Air Theatre is pleased to announce that House star Robert Sean Leonard will perform in To Kill a Mockingbird this summer.

Directed by Timothy Sheader, To Kill A Mockingbird will be the first production of the 2013 season and Robert Sean Leonard will play the part of Atticus Finch. The Tony award-winning American actor is best known for playing Dr. James Wilson in the Fox television series House and Neil Perry in the 1989 movie Dead Poets Society. To Kill a Mockingbird will mark Robert’s return to the London stage for the first time in 22 years.

We are also pleased to announce that Eleanor Worthington-Cox will share the role of Scout in the production. Eleanor was the youngest recipient of an Olivier Award for the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Matilda The Musical.

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