Mustanaamion Napanuora Ja Muita Lastennäytelmiä (which translates to The Phantom’s Umbilical Cord and Other Children’s Plays) is a book published by Kirja Kerrallaan in Finland in 2006. The book is a collection of children’s plays by the Finnish author and visual artist Esko-Pekka Tiitinen. It falls under the fiction genre and is intended for children’s and youth theater performances.
Esko-Pekka Tiitinen is a versatile artist known for his extensive body of work, which includes books for both children and adults, radio plays, film scripts, and theater plays. He has received several accolades for his work, including the Finlandia Junior Prize for his book Villapäät. Tiitinen’s works have been translated into over ten languages, which demonstrates their broader international significance.
Mustanaamion Napanuora Ja Muita Lastennäytelmiä is a softcover book containing 98 pages, measuring 20cm x 15.6cm, and its text is in Finnish. The front cover features a picture of a child with the head of the Phantom. The front cover can be seen below.
The main play is titled ‘Mustanaamion Napanuora’ (translating to The Phantom’s Umbilical Cord), is a psychologically fascinating play about Lauri, who is about to become a big brother. When his mother and father go into labor, Lauri finds a poodle living under the bed as a friend, a mischievous little creature born from dust and dirt, with whom he works through his turbulent emotions.
The unruly creature strikes up a friendship. The fox steals the crown from the bear and imagines that he is the king of the forest. He gets help from a squirrel, who rides his bike through the fields and meadows and tries to bring the hare and the wild boar under the fox’s control. When the bear returns from his summer vacation, an exciting after-party begins.
Another play found in the book titled ‘Kärsään Katsamätta’ (translating to Not Looking at the Fang), is about finding a sense of self-worth, that you shouldn’t agree to everything just because you’re vain. They try to take the pig to an agricultural exhibition, but the band Yrjö Orwell and the Wild Pigs show up and mess things up. The play also features Chicken and Sheep, who, supporting their friend, discover completely new sides of themselves.
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