
NAIMISKAUPPA
MARTTI WUORI
NÄYTELMÄN HENKILÖT:
A lively one‑act comedy unfolds in a modest home where Heikki Vasara, a hardworking craftsman, his wife Anna, and their teenage daughter Olga navigate the everyday chaos of domestic life. The cramped living room, filled with a tea kettle, a battered sofa and a chorus of clattering dishes, becomes the stage for rapid‑fire dialogue peppered with regional slang and witty misunderstandings. As the household’s servant Eeva scurries in and out, the characters reveal their anxieties about love, loyalty, and the looming prospect of marriage arrangements that could upend their fragile equilibrium.
The humor springs from the characters’ blunt honesty and the absurdity of their predicaments—Anna’s frantic tea‑drinking, Vasara’s puzzled observations, and Olga’s secretive flirtations all collide in a whirlwind of comedic tension. Listeners are invited into a snapshot of late‑19th‑century life, where family bonds are tested by pride, gossip, and the ever‑present question of whether love can survive the practicalities of a “marriage market.
Language
fi
Duration
~34 minutes (33K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Release date
2015-11-13
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects
1858–1934
A Finnish writer, translator, and public official, he moved easily between literature and public life. His books and plays range from village comedy to historical drama, offering a window into Finnish reading tastes around the turn of the 20th century.
View all books
by Martti Wuori

by Martti Wuori

by Martti Wuori

by Kaarlo Johan Bergbom

by Vihtori Niemi

by Jacob Fredrik Lagervall

by Gustaf Anton Brakel

by Anonymous