Harper Lee Biographer at UMaine April 12
Mary McDonagh Murphy, the film and television producer whose documentary “Hey, Boo: Harper Lee and ‘To Kill a Mockingbird'” celebrates the 50th anniversary of that novel’s 1960 publication, will visit UMaine on Tuesday April 12. Murphy will participate in a screening of the film and a discussion during a session scheduled for 12:30-2 p.m. in 100 Nutting Hall. The film and discussion coincide with the Penobscot Theatre Company’s production of “To Kill a Mockingbird” (March 30-Apil 17), the theatre company’s book discussion with Margery Irvine (April 5), its screening of the film (April 9) and Humanities Night at the Penobscot Theatre with Mary McDonagh Murphy and playwright John Cariani (April 13). The April l12 UMaine event is supported in part by grants from UMaine’s Cultural Affairs/Distinguished Lecture Series, the English Department’s Lloyd H. Elliott Fund, and UMaine’s Humanities Initiative.