The Violins of Autumn

Author(s): Michael Huie
In the summer and early fall of 1944, Paulette Roche, a young French woman, documented her days in a diary. Filled mostly with ordinary events — attending church, going to work — there are buried within the pages incidents that hint at the horror and danger of living in German-occupied France.
Format: Drama
Cast Size:2W
Character breakdown:

2 women

Snapshot

Original or Prominent Production:
Scales Fine Arts Center's Ring Theatre, Wake Forest University
Original Source Material: Paulette Roche's diary
Nationality of Author: U.S.
Original Language: English
Production Rights Holder:

Michael Huie

Experience(s) Chronicled: Resistance | Women and the Holocaust

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