Leave of Absence post war drama by Christian Lanciai
The characters: Vera Martha, her sister Monica, her daughter Harold, Monica’s betrothed Doctor Hugo Ernest, Vera’s new husband Holger, Vera’s earlier husband The action is in Finland some years after the war. This chamber play in only one scene conveys everything that every Finlander has to carry on with him and which never can be repressed, and is dedicated to the memories of Ulf Segerstråle, Leif Westerberg, Gustav Brandt, Birger Gestrin, Bo Arlander and tens of thousands of other young men who waged their lives in the Winter War and the Continuation War and lost them in part or completely. It also has a reference to the Ukraine situation of today. The scene is staged for an approaching Christmas a winter evening.