Kahden tulen välissä : Kolminäytöksinen huvinäytelmä by Frans Talaskivi
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"Kahden tulen välissä" by Frans Talaskivi is a three-act comedic play written in the early 20th century. It follows the flustered civil servant Iisakki Lönnberg, who finds himself torn between his commanding long‑time fiancée and housekeeper Mimmi Miettinen and the spirited young tobacconist’s clerk Lilli Linden. Set in Helsinki, the farce pokes fun at bourgeois manners, neighborhood gossip, and a late-life love triangle that threatens the household’s delicate balance. The opening of
the play shows Lönnberg confiding to his friend Heikki Lehtinen that he is secretly engaged to Lilli and due to wed soon, while dreading how Mimmi will react after years of de facto engagement. Mimmi breezes in expecting respectability and a proper marriage, but Lilli herself soon arrives with cigars, swiftly rearranges the parlor, orders the maid Tilda about, and proclaims herself future mistress as Lönnberg panics. When Mimmi returns with neighbors Kustaava Roslund and Hilda Sihvonen, they spot the telltale cigar parcel and Mimmi asserts her ownership of the furnishings and her hold on the home. At the start of the second act, word from the laundress confirms Lilli’s wedding outfit; Lönnberg, dressing for “a dinner,” has forgotten the wedding ring, sneaks back to fetch it, fails to find it as Mimmi and the neighbors quietly keep it, and flees in confusion. Moments later Lilli appears in full bridal silk to collect the ring, only to discover the groom has disappeared, triggering a brisk, comic chase. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Talaskivi, Frans, 1881-1927 |
|---|---|
| Title | Kahden tulen välissä : Kolminäytöksinen huvinäytelmä |
| Original Publication | Jyväskylä: K. J. Gummerus Oy, 1921. |
| Credits | Juhani Kärkkäinen and Tapio Riikonen |
| Language | Finnish |
| LoC Class | PH: Language and Literatures: Finno-Ugrian and Basque languages and literatures |
| Subject | Finnish drama -- 20th century |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 77640 |
| Release Date | Jan 7, 2026 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 154 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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