| Original name |
Nouse Inkeri |
| Kirjoittajat |
Inkeri Kilpinen |
| Original language |
Finnish |
| Premiere year |
1991 |
| Theater |
Kalevan Näyttämö / Kaleva Theatre |
| Keywords |
Drama |
Synopsis
The play tells about Ingrians, a small group of Finns, who have lived in an area of western Russia near Finland for centuries and have been able to keep their own language, their own Lutheran Church and their old customs.
The play starts with the church bells ringing (1924) at Ella's wedding. Ella and her younger sister Katri are the main characters of the play. The wedding is a happy event but there are also some ominous signs. And soon the great changes which communism brought to the country become visible: collectivisation of agriculture, shutting down private businesses and denying the people the right to their religion and in conjunction with that, the destruction of churches.
Like so many Ingrians Katri's and Ella's families are taken to horrible camps in Siberia. When few of them come back after 15 years of exile, they find their own country destroyed. By and by, with an enormous amount of work and patience and finally thanks to "glasnost" they are able to find a way to live.
The final scene of the play takes place in 1990 in front of the church, which has been rebuilt and the church bells start tolling exactly the same way as in the beginning of the play.
Translations
| Language |
Estonian |
| Translation name |
Tõuse Inkeri |
| Translators |
Endel Mallene |
| Copies available |
Finnish Theatre Information Centre, tinfo(at)teatteri.org |
| Drama agency |
The Finnish Dramatists' Union, http://www.sunklo.fi |
| Language |
English |
| Translation name |
Scattered among the Heathens |
| Translators |
Steve Stone |
| Julkaisija |
Modern International Drama 2/1994 |
| Copies available |
The Finnish Dramatists' Union, http://www.sunklo.fi |
| Drama agency |
The Finnish Dramatists' Union, http://www.sunklo.fi |