Project Gutenberg 2025-07-05 Public domain in the USA. 123 Halme, Kaarle 1864 1946 Arkadia : $b Elämäni kuvia maailmaa kuvastelevilta palkeilta kansallisen kevättunnelman ajoilta $aHelsinki :$bOtava, $c1928. Juhani Kärkkäinen and Tapio Riikonen "Arkadia : Elämäni kuvia maailmaa kuvastelevilta palkeilta kansallisen…." by Kaarle Halme is a memoir written in the early 20th century. It portrays a Finnish actor’s life behind the scenes at Helsinki’s Arkadia theatre during the national awakening, blending personal milestones with the making of a Finnish-language stage culture. The reminiscences spotlight premieres, backstage tensions, the craft of speech, and vivid portraits of key figures such as Kaarlo Bergbom, Ida Aalberg, Minna Canth, and Niilo Sala. The opening of the memoir follows the narrator through a nerve‑wracking trial performance as Daniel Hjort and his acceptance into the Suomalainen Teatteri, then recounts the stormy premiere of Minna Canth’s Kovan onnen lapset and the shocked audience response. Attempts by actors to regularize work conditions trigger an irascible rebuttal from director Bergbom, after which the tone shifts to acknowledge his achievements and the galvanizing artistry of Ida Aalberg. Halme details his struggle to refine Finnish stage diction toward a more musical, Kalevala‑inflected rhythm, punctuated by anecdotes about a farewell party, a comic correction of “helppotajuinen” to “halpahintainen,” and a reserved sleigh‑ride talk with Niilo Sala. A luminous spring in Viipuri and a successful test of his new speech method in Fulda’s Työlakko lead to a somber turn with Sala’s uneasy departure and later news of his death. The section closes with Oskar Merikanto’s praise and a playful staging of Ibsen’s Villisorsa, where real food on stage delights the house—and sends hungry spectators rushing to the buffet. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20240430075805halme 1928 FI Reading ease score: 43.4 (College-level). Difficult to read. fi Theater -- Finland -- History PN Text Category: Biographies Category: History - European Category: History - Modern (1750+) 464017 2025-07-30T08:11:57.476668 text/html 243307 2025-07-30T08:12:05.951543 application/epub+zip 250102 2025-07-30T08:12:00.645604 application/epub+zip 235766 2025-07-30T08:11:59.361602 application/epub+zip 424907 2025-07-30T08:12:10.023540 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 398936 2025-07-30T08:12:05.186572 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 410806 2025-07-30T08:11:56.936615 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 391042 2025-07-05T14:22:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 12791 2025-07-30T08:12:10.186527 application/rdf+xml 10263 2025-07-30T08:11:59.879588 image/jpeg 2791 2025-07-30T08:11:59.612598 image/jpeg 240089 2025-07-30T08:11:57.514662 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fi.wikipedia