PLAYS ABOUT RACIAL INJUSTICE, the running-sore legacy of slavery and suitable forms of atonement for the sins of forefathers are a dime a dozen right now. Both Broadway and the West End are sensitive to the accusation that they largely fielded white plays for white audiences and are seeking to redress the balance. The result can turn out to be less outstanding drama than a dutiful didacticism.
That, at least, is not a charge that can be levelled at , Harper Lee’s 1960 novel about a court case in a small
