TY  - BOOK
AU  - Luomanen,Aadolf
TI  - Tätiväkeä
AV  - PH 
PY  - 2025///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - One-act plays
KW  - Finnish drama -- 20th century
N1  - Release date is 2025-07-15; Tapio Riikonen; Originally published; Hämeenlinna: Arvi A. Karisto Oy, 1915
N2  - "Tätiväkeä :  Yksinäytöksinen pilakuvaus Pohjanmaalta by Aadolf Luomanen" is a one-act satirical play written in the early 20th century. Set in rural Ostrobothnia, it lampoons small-town domestic life, gossip, and everyday foibles among neighbors.  The action unfolds in a cottage where hardworking Kaisa bustles while her lazy husband Matti causes a mishap with a wall clock and dough, then hides in bed guarding a secret bottle. Neighbors Maija and Sanna drop in; over endless coffee they gossip about children, servants, modern finery, and socialism, while Matti grumbles and snores. Fiija arrives with money and a long, comical letter from her man in America, which Sanna “reads” with borrowed glasses that lack lenses; this sparks talk of deaths, courtships, and the meddling village healer Liisa. Liisa bursts in to trade insults until Kaisa drives her out with a ladle. When the visitors leave, Matti wheedles for more drink, and Kaisa discovers he has drained her medicinal spirits, closing the play on affectionate squabbling and a wry wink at village chatter and small vices. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76509
ER  -