After reading the book, I can't wait to see the play.
To sum up the story, Scout is the main character who's father, Atticus, is a lawyer. Atticus is defending a black man accused of raping a white girl, a crime that because of the setting, the early 20th century America, he is likely going to be convicted of because of the racism that was commonplace at the time unless overwhelming evidence is available to prove he was innocent.
Even though there was that evidence, it wasn't enough to keep him from being convicted and he was sentenced. The father of the alleged victim ends up taking offense to Atticus's defense of his client and decides to take revenge on him by attacking his children with a knife. At the last moment, Boo Radley, a character that is only alluded to like a boogey man of sorts, steps in and saves the lives of the children, killing their attacker in the process.
It's a sad story, from a dark part of America's past. A past that still haunts us today, and dare I say it, some of the sentiments that were common in those times against black people are still very alive in our country.
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