Author's Playhouse

Flight to Arras

English · War & Military Fiction, Dramatic Readings

Author's Playhouse presents radio adaptations of literary works, bringing stories and novels to listeners through dramatic performance. This recording features Flight to Arras, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s account of a reconnaissance mission flown by French airmen during the Battle of France.

The program’s radio format turns the source material into a spoken drama, using performers and sound to convey the danger and uncertainty of wartime flight. Saint-Exupéry’s perspective as a pilot gives the story its close attention to the experience of the crew and the demands of their mission.

The result combines literary reflection with the immediacy of a wartime aviation story, offering a focused dramatic listening experience shaped by the tension of the flight and the human realities of combat.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.