02293cam a22003133u 4500 76698 UtSlPG 20260610134757.0 m cr n 260607r20251913utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG fi iso639-1 PH Wuori, Martti, 1858-1934 Valekuollut Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2025 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Release date is 2025-08-17 Tapio Riikonen "Valekuollut: 3-näytöksinen ilveily" by Martti Wuori is a theatrical farce written in the early 20th century. Set in contemporary Helsinki, it satirizes the literary scene, press sensationalism, and gentlemanly “honor” through a war between a sensitive writer, Eero Lehmus, and a preening critic, Väinö Turpainen, with fellow writers Ilmari Kalpa and Armi Kanerva in the fray. The play’s comic engine is a scheme to stage a death and watch how critics and newspapers react. The opening of the play shows Eero, broke and humiliated by scathing reviews, sparring with his landlady while his friend Ilmari scrapes together money and Armi rails against lazy critics. When a newspaper stringer arrives as Turpainen’s emissary to press a “kunnianloukkaus” complaint, Eero pointedly refuses to engage. He then decides to disappear and be “valekuollut,” bidding theatrical farewells and slipping out of town. Act II shifts to Armi taking over Eero’s room as rumors spread: a hat and manuscript pages are found near a railway bridge, and Nestor Nokkonen eagerly amplifies the story. Ilmari, briefly fooled by a dramatic letter, learns from Armi that it’s a ruse; together they let the myth grow to expose Turpainen. The act culminates with Turpainen’s uneasy visit, where Armi coolly parries his overtures while the hoax gathers momentum. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: Helsinki: Kirjapaino Gutenberg, 1913 Comedy plays Finnish drama -- 20th century https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76698 117423 117423