Project Gutenberg 2025-07-16 Public domain in the USA. 141 Malinen, Vilho 1891 1947 Ties mikä lie! : $b Nelinäytöksinen huvinäytelmä $aJyväskylä :$bK. J. Gummerus Oy, $c1920. Tapio Riikonen "Ties mikä lie! : Nelinäytöksinen huvinäytelmä" by Vilho Malinen is a comedic play written in the early 20th century. Set in rural Finland just after the civil war, it follows a Helsinki actor-director, Kallio, invited to coach a youth society’s theatre, and his collision with local ways: the brisk leader Raila, an innkeeping couple, the blundering substitute policeman Matti, and the farmhands Maijastiina and Olli. The comedy springs from culture clash, hospitality and authority tested, and budding romances, as the villagers aim to stage Tukkijoki. The opening of the play shows an inn where the practical emäntä doubts the value of a city “theatre teacher,” even as Kallio arrives with Raila, is badgered by the zealous Matti, and struggles to get a proper meal and, above all, a room. Plans to rehearse Tukkijoki are set, but attempts to place Kallio with local families falter amid excuses, phone troubles, and prickly hosts. In Alatalo (Act II), Maijastiina resents being cast as Poropirkko and wants the Maija role; Olli is slow-tongued, and the household quietly reserves two rooms for the pair, nudging them toward marriage. When Kallio and Raila come to secure lodging, a comic flare-up ends with Maijastiina and Olli engaged and keeping the rooms, leaving Kallio still unhoused, while a village custom of celebratory singing in the big hall underscores the community’s proud, cautious hospitality. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20240603094109malinen 1920 FI Reading ease score: 56.2 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. fi Comedy plays Finnish drama -- 20th century PH Text Category: Humour Category: Plays/Films/Dramas 195623 2025-07-30T08:31:40.167414 text/html 137530 2025-07-30T08:31:47.641342 application/epub+zip 139487 2025-07-30T08:31:43.115407 application/epub+zip 122897 2025-07-30T08:31:41.861390 application/epub+zip 274892 2025-07-30T08:31:50.735335 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 257667 2025-07-30T08:31:46.861342 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 136417 2025-07-30T08:31:39.713367 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 116681 2025-07-16T15:07:29 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 12997 2025-07-30T08:31:50.883326 application/rdf+xml 13004 2025-07-30T08:31:42.378402 image/jpeg 3239 2025-07-30T08:31:42.131399 image/jpeg 136356 2025-07-30T08:31:40.182394 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