| Original name |
Viisi naista kappelissa |
| Kirjoittajat |
Arto Seppälä |
| Original language |
Finnish |
| Premiere year |
1979 |
| Theater |
Tampereen Työväen Teatteri , TTT / Theatre of Tampere |
| Keywords |
Drama |
Performances abroad
Northern Lights Theatre, New York, USA 1991;
Cinoherni Club, Prague, Czech Republic 1985-90
Synopsis
Characters: 5 female
A tragicomedy.
After a vigorous life a videly experienced middle-aged business man has committed suicide. Before his tragic end, he invited five of the women closest to him to see him off on his last journey: his mother, his first wife, his present wife, his mistress, and his nurse.
At the chapel and at the coffee gathering after the funeral at the widow's apartment, the women discuss their relations to the deceased, to each other and to life in general. Through the discussion, there evolves a highly diversified and somewhat surprising image of the dead man.
Translations
| Language |
English |
| Translation name |
Five Women in a Chapel |
| Translators |
Philip Binham |
| Copies available |
Finnish Theatre Information Centre, tinfo(at)teatteri.org |
| Drama agency |
Finnish Dramatist's Union, http://www.sunklo.fi |
| Language |
Swedish |
| Translation name |
Fem kvinnor i kapellet |
| Translators |
Karl-Henrik Wahlfors
Birgitta Juslin |
| Copies available |
The Finnish Dramatists' Union, http://www.sunklo.fi |
| Drama agency |
The Finnish Dramatists' Union, http://www.sunklo.fi |
| Language |
Czech |
| Translation name |
Pet zhen v kapli |
| Translators |
Helena Lehechková |
| Julkaisija |
Dilia, Praha 1985 |
| Copies available |
The Finnish Dramatists' Union, http://www.sunklo.fi |
| Drama agency |
The Finnish Dramatists' Union, http://www.sunklo.fi |
| Language |
Estonian |
| Translation name |
Viis naist kabelis |
| Translators |
Piret Saluri |
| Copies available |
Eesti Näitemänguagentuur / Estonian Drama Agency, ena(at)kul.ee |
| Drama agency |
The Finnish Dramatists' Union, http://www.sunklo.fi |
| Language |
Hungarian |
| Translation name |
Öt nõ a ravatalnál |
| Translators |
Endre Gombár |
| Julkaisija |
"Égõnarancs. Modern finn drámák", Európa, Budapest 1987, ISBN 963-07-4537-2 |
| Copies available |
The Finnish Dramatists' Union, http://www.sunklo.fi |
| Drama agency |
The Finnish Dramatists' Union, http://www.sunklo.fi |
| Language |
Russian |
| Translation name |
Pjat’ zhenshchin v chasovne |
| Translators |
Taira Dzhavarova |
| Julkaisija |
Literaturnyj Azerbajdzhan 2001, ISSN 0130 3643 |
| Copies available |
TINFO Theatre Info Finland, www.tinfo.fi, tinfo@tinfo.fi |
| Drama agency |
The Finnish Dramatists’ Union, http://www.sunklo.fi |
| Language |
Swedish |
| Translation name |
Fem kvinnor i kapellet |
| Translators |
Anna-Maria Ingerö |
| Copies available |
The Finnish Dramatists' Union, http://www.sunklo.fi |
| Drama agency |
The Finnish Dramatists' Union, http://www.sunklo.fi |