In the first letter Lee responds to the production, expressing her concerns, but offering her tacit blessing. The production was an enormous success, both as a play and as a fundraiser, and continues to this day, drawing tourists from around the world to Monroeville each spring. In the second letter, Lee writes to McCoy about the global success of the book, and in particular the love for the book in Israel on the occasion of a successful tour of the Monroeville cast in Jerusalem. She says of the triumph, turning an old trope on its head, "Taking a play about injustice to Israel, of all places, was like taking coal to Newcastle. You had a built in hit!".