CHARACTER PROFILES

VIOLET

Appearance: A slight, small girl, with dark hair and wide eyes, often with a blank or lifeless

expression to highlight the doll-like element of her story. Still has the ball-joints on her arms and

knees from her previous existence.

Clothing: Ripped, plain dress adorned with fabric swatches to give a rag-tag patchwork effect.

Storyline: Violet is a doll who lives in the home of a quaint English family, and spends most of

her days seemingly ignored by the family’s children, as they deem her ‘too scary’. What the

parents do not realise is that, once they are asleep, Violet comes to life and moves through the

house, searching not only for companionship, but for revenge after her sister (another doll) was

‘murdered’ (broken by the children) and she was left cracked and not fully functional. As a result

of her injuries, Violet has cracks across her face and arms.

LEO

Appearance: Young, innocent face, rounded and wide-eyed (parallels with

Violet)

Clothing: Mostly seen in pajamas.

Storyline: Leo is the youngest in his family, the owner of Violet, a doll

given to him by his grandmother. He previously owned Violet’s sister doll,

but dropped her while playing and had to throw her away. Leo

continuously complains to his parents that Violet is alive, and they dismiss

him.

CAROL

Appearance: Mumsy, clothes have frills. Often wears

corduroy. Has a stern, time-worn face.

Storyline: Carol becomes increasingly worried about her

children as the story progresses, and subsequently

pressures her husband into considering action. He

dismisses her thoughts as being childish, and later falls

victim to his own arrogance.

DAVID

Appearance: Tall, business-like and well groomed.

Clothing: Mostly seen in suits to represent his high

position in the workplace.

Storyline: Is totally dismissive of his family’s fears and is

eventually strung up like a puppet and garroted by Violet.