Kuka nyt vävyksi? Kaksinäytöksinen ilveily

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Kuka nyt vävyksi? Kaksinäytöksinen ilveily

by Aukusti Edvard Korhonen, Sakari Ruotsalo

FI·~56 minutes·4 chapters

Chapters

4 total

KUKA NYT VÄVYKSI?

0:03

AUKUSTI KORHONEN

0:10

HENKILÖT:

0:14

ENSIMMÄINEN NÄYTÖS.

55:55

Description

A lively snapshot of provincial life unfolds in a bustling household where ambition and gossip collide. The blacksmith’s home teems with visitors—from a hopeful lieutenant to a self‑assured chambermaid—each eager to make a good impression. Amid clattering tools, polished mirrors, and fragrant palm leaves, the characters barter compliments and expectations, revealing a world where status is as much a performance as a position.

The witty banter and rapid‑fire exchanges give the play a breezy, almost theatrical rhythm, while the underlying currents of social aspiration and family pride keep the audience hooked. As the daughter returns from Helsinki and the townsfolk plot a suitable match, the stage becomes a microcosm of early‑20th‑century Finnish society, where tradition meets the desire for upward mobility. Listeners will enjoy the colorful personalities and the charm of a community poised on the brink of change, all set within a single, vividly described room.

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Language

fi

Duration

~56 minutes (54K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Tapio Riikonen

Release date

Jan 11, 2021

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the authors

AE

Aukusti Edvard Korhonen

1848–1874

A short-lived Finnish actor and writer, he belonged to the first generation of performers at the Finnish Theatre and also left behind poems and plays. His life was brief, but his work still offers a glimpse of early Finnish-language stage culture.

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Sakari Ruotsalo

1869–1935

A Finnish schoolteacher and playwright from Raahe, he is remembered for light, lively farces that kept everyday characters and comic misunderstandings at center stage. His work belongs to the early decades of modern Finnish-language drama and still survives through digitized editions.

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