Autumn

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Autumn / Motti Lerner

Drama Psychological Drama Subject: Family Migration Sex The Land of Israel Zionism Text in: he en	A drama about a doctor who immigrated to pre-state Israel in 1896 to become a farmer. After 30 years he doesn’t feel rooted at home, and wants to begin a new life. He falls in love with his former lover’s daughter, but is caught by his wife and children who kill him to stop the affair.
The characters	Female:5 Male:7 Total:12 1. Ephraim Weiss – a farmer of 52 2. Regina – his wife, about 50. 3. Adela – his mother, about 75. 4. Alexander – his younger son, 24. 5. Fanya – his older daughter, 26. 6. Misha – her husband, about 30. 7. Rosa – a distant cousin of Regina’s from Plonsk, a town in Poland – about 45. 8. Mina – her daughter, 19. 9. Yanek – a cook, Regina’s neighbor from Plonsk, about 40. 10. Melchior – a gardener, a distant cousin of Regina’s from Plonsk, about 75. 11. Lazar – a hired hand, a cousin of Regina’s, 28. 12. Feivl – a hired hand, Lazar’s brother, 26, has speaking difficulties.
Translations	English, French, German
Productions	Premierre 1996 Beit Lessin Theatre director: Gedalia Besser Productions Abroad Germany , United States Heilbronn Municipal Theater, Germany, 1996 Directed by Klaus Wagner