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| re: To Kill a Mockingbird | Dramatic Publishing vs The Estate of Nelle Harper Lee | |
| Posted by: lordofspeech 04:46 pm EST 02/09/22 | |
| In reply to: To Kill a Mockingbird | Dramatic Publishing vs The Estate of Nelle Harper Lee - cordage79 06:30 pm EST 02/08/22 | |
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| Can someone explain this? Like, does it mean that theatre groups need to buy/rent the previous dramatized version of To Kill a Mockingbird rather than the Aaron Sorkin adaptation? Or does it mean you have the choice of either, and that Aaron Sorkin’s version does not have a monopoly? |
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| re: To Kill a Mockingbird | Dramatic Publishing vs The Estate of Nelle Harper Lee | |
| Posted by: sirpupnyc 05:32 pm EST 02/09/22 | |
| In reply to: re: To Kill a Mockingbird | Dramatic Publishing vs The Estate of Nelle Harper Lee - lordofspeech 04:46 pm EST 02/09/22 | |
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| It doesn't relate to licensing of the Sorkin adaptation at all, just that the estate was in the wrong when it (at Rudin's urging) halted local productions of the previous adaptation. Though given the previous adaptation's exclusive on non-first-class rights, I would think there'll have to be some discussion before the Sorkin can be licensed beyond Broadway and the associated tour. |
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| Non-First-Class??? To Kill a Mockingbird | Dramatic Publishing vs The Estate of Nelle Harper Lee | |
| Last Edit: lordofspeech 08:48 pm EST 02/09/22 | |
| Posted by: lordofspeech 08:48 pm EST 02/09/22 | |
| In reply to: re: To Kill a Mockingbird | Dramatic Publishing vs The Estate of Nelle Harper Lee - sirpupnyc 05:32 pm EST 02/09/22 | |
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| Does non-first-class mean non-equity? Or non-paying audiences? Or what? Is it related to a LORT Contract? | |
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| re: Non-First-Class??? To Kill a Mockingbird | Dramatic Publishing vs The Estate of Nelle Harper Lee | |
| Posted by: sirpupnyc 10:46 pm EST 02/09/22 | |
| In reply to: Non-First-Class??? To Kill a Mockingbird | Dramatic Publishing vs The Estate of Nelle Harper Lee - lordofspeech 08:48 pm EST 02/09/22 | |
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| I don't know the definition specifically. The statement mentions theatres like the Guthrie and Steppenwolf where the existing adaptation has been done, so it certainly doesn't mean Equity/professional. Broadway/West End, first national tour, that's the idea. The Sorkin Mockingbird tour could preempt productions of the existing adaptation within a certain distance of the venue. (As when your high school is planning to do The King and I, they can be thwarted by a planned Equity tour.) | |
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| re: Non-First-Class??? To Kill a Mockingbird | Dramatic Publishing vs The Estate of Nelle Harper Lee | |
| Posted by: ryhog 11:13 pm EST 02/09/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Non-First-Class??? To Kill a Mockingbird | Dramatic Publishing vs The Estate of Nelle Harper Lee - sirpupnyc 10:46 pm EST 02/09/22 | |
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| First-Class means Broadway or like Broadway, which includes Broadway-esque tours and other productions in first class houses in other cities that are comparable, and with first class creatives and talent, etc. It can get a little fuzzy at the margins but there is not a lot produced at the margins. | |
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