La peste gròga : Pessa còmica-burlesca, composta d'afagitons bosquetjats del…
"La peste gròga : Pessa còmica-burlesca, composta d''afagitons bosquetjats del…" by Pere d''Alcàntara Penya i Nicolau is a comic-burlesque stage play written in the late 19th century. Set in Palma during the panic of the yellow fever scare of the early 1870s, it lampoons rumor, fear, and official overreaction. The likely topic is a satirical take on public hysteria, misinformation, and everyday opportunism during a supposed epidemic. The one-act action unfolds on
a city street as a cobbler (Mestre Cinto) and a coffee vendor (Ignaci) trade rumors about “the yellow plague,” while a shopkeeper (l’Amo ’n Pau), two doctors (Don Nadal and Don Tófol), and a city councilor (Pere-Antoni) move in and out. When a sack is delivered to the shopkeeper’s closed store, the gossips decide it hides an infected woman smuggled past the city gates. Authorities arrive, tensions rise, and suspicion peaks—until the supposed “pest” is revealed to be a gigantic yellow squash (carabassa) proudly produced for inspection. The farce ends with the busybodies chastened, and the play punctures the folly of credulity and the chaos that fear—rather than disease—can spread. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Penya, Pere d'Alcàntara, 1823-1906 |
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| Title | La peste gròga : Pessa còmica-burlesca, composta d'afagitons bosquetjats del natural, com á memoria de la fébre amarilla del any 1870 |
| Original Publication | Palma de Mallorca: Llibreria J. Umbert y Peris, 1890. |
| Credits | Editor digital: Joan Queralt Gil |
| Language | Catalan |
| LoC Class | PC: Language and Literatures: Romance languages: Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Catalan drama |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 77084 |
| Release Date | Oct 19, 2025 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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