Hirttonuora eli Asarias Pöllänen leskimiehenä : Kolmenäytöksinen huvinäytelmä

Asarias, a young widower in a modest rural home, grapples with the recent loss of his wife and child. The play opens in his kitchen where he sits, haunted, while his neighbor Ville arrives, offering awkward comfort. Their banter blends grief with dark humor.

Asarias' despair is contrasted with Ville's breezy optimism and a cast of colourful locals—Mansikka, Sanna, the reverend—who promise both practical help and comic misunderstandings. The first act sets up a community trying to lift a broken man while hinting at the social expectations of marriage and remarriage in early twentieth‑century Finland. Listeners will hear witty dialogue, vivid rural atmosphere, and a bittersweet tone that makes the piece feel both poignant and entertaining.