Avioliittoilmoitus : Pilakuvaus 2:ssa kohtauksessa

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Avioliittoilmoitus : Pilakuvaus 2:ssa kohtauksessa

by Lauri Heisalo

FI·~22 minutes·2 chapters

Chapters

2 total

AVIOLIITTOILMOITUS

0:03

LAURI HEISALO

22:49

Description

The opening scene unfolds in a modest boarding house, where the restless young heir Asarias fumbles with a love letter for the maid Riikka. While he searches for the perfect rhyme, his friend Kalle bursts in, offering sarcastic advice and crude schemes for speeding up the courtship. Their banter crackles with humor, revealing Asarias’s nervous pride and Kalle’s street‑wise pragmatism, all set against the cramped, two‑door room that feels both intimate and claustrophobic.

Listeners are drawn into a slice of early‑20th‑century Finnish life, where youthful ambition collides with social expectations. The dialogue captures the awkwardness of first love, the pressure to impress, and the comical lengths friends will go to help. As the characters juggle poetry, pride, and practical plans, the stage buzzes with a lively mix of wit and earnest yearning, promising an entertaining glimpse into the tangled hearts of a small town’s budding romantics.

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Language

fi

Duration

~22 minutes (21K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Original publisher

Finland: Arvi A. Karisto, 1910.

Credits

Tapio Riikonen

Release date

Jun 2, 2023

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

LH

Lauri Heisalo

1884–1957

Known by the pen name Lauri Heisalo, this Finnish playwright wrote stage works with a light touch and a feel for comic situations. His plays still surface in digital archives, giving modern readers a glimpse of early 20th-century Finnish theater.

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