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Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Pyhän Patrikin päivä eli Luutnantin keinot: Ilveilys
"Pyhän Patrikin päivä eli Luutnantin keinot: Ilveilys" by Richard Brinsley Sheridan is an 18th-century farce first performed in 1775. Lieutenant O'Connor loves Lauretta, but her jealous father Justice Credulous keeps them apart. With help from his friend Dr. Rosy, the lieutenant devises increasingly elaborate disguises to trick the Justice and win his beloved. Through comic schemes involving fake servants and poisonings, O'Connor attempts to outwit the obstinate father in this playful tale of romantic persistence.
John Galsworthy
Taistelu
"Taistelu" by John Galsworthy is a three-act play produced in 1909. At a tin plate factory, an unofficial strike has dragged on for months, bringing hardship to workers' families. As directors and trade union representatives seek resolution, an intense confrontation erupts between the unyielding company chairman and the strike's defiant leader. Both men refuse to compromise, even as suffering mounts around them. The battle becomes not just about demands and wages, but about power, principle, and the human cost of absolute conviction.
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