O locura o santidad : $b Drama en tres actos y en prosa
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"O locura o santidad : Drama en tres actos y en prosa" by José Echegaray is a drama written in the late 19th century. Set in Madrid, it follows Don Lorenzo de Avendaño, a rigorously principled intellectual, whose daughter Inés loves Eduardo, son of the Duchess of Almonte. When the dying nurse Juana reveals that Lorenzo’s name and fortune are not truly his, he must choose between proclaiming a devastating truth or safeguarding his child’s happiness. The play tests honor, identity, and parental love to ask whether uncompromising virtue is sanctity—or madness. The opening of the play unfolds in Don Lorenzo’s study: after meditating on Don Quixote, he learns from Dr. Tomás that Inés’s fragile health hinges on a quick marriage to Eduardo, and he resolves to appeal to the Duchess. Inés rejoices, but the arrival of Juana brings a letter confessing that Lorenzo is not the biological son of his supposed parents and that his wealth is illegitimate; Juana, near death, reveals herself as his tru
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