Korpi liikkuu : Yksinäytöksinen näytelmä by Kaarle Halme

"Korpi liikkuu : Yksinäytöksinen näytelmä by Kaarle Halme" is a one-act play written in the early 20th century. It dramatizes the awakening of working-class consciousness in a small industrial community, focusing on labor rights, workplace injustice, and the pushback against corporate power. The play unfolds in the blacksmith Perttu’s home, where news rolls in: wages have been cut, the factory wants to buy the family’s land, and the foreman Huikari has harassed Lyyli, Antti’s fiancée. Antti defends her and soon both he and Perttu are dismissed—ostensibly for insubordination and agitation after a workers’ meeting. Mikko, the local landowner and Lyyli’s uncle, refuses to sell the land to the factory. Huikari arrives proposing a “settlement” that would reinstate the men if agitation stops and the land sale proceeds, but Antti rejects the terms and demands Huikari’s removal. Heljo, a young machinist, brings word that the workers have gathered, approved firm resolutions, and stand united. The act ends with renewed resolve and the hopeful refrain that “the forest moves,” a metaphor for a community stirring to collective action. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Halme, Kaarle, 1864-1946
Title Korpi liikkuu : Yksinäytöksinen näytelmä
Original Publication Helsinki: Kust.Oy Kirja, 1913.
Credits Tapio Riikonen
Language Finnish
LoC Class PH: Language and Literatures: Finno-Ugrian and Basque languages and literatures
Subject One-act plays
Subject Finnish drama -- 20th century
Category Text
EBook-No. 76823
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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