02586cam a22003253u 4500 76631 UtSlPG 20260610134756.0 m cr n 260607r20251877utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG es iso639-1 PQ Echegaray, José, 1832-1916 O locura o santidad Ó locura ó santidad : Drama en tres actos y en prosa Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2025 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Release date is 2025-08-04 Produced by Ramón Pajares Box. (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.) "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 true mother. Overwhelmed, Lorenzo rejects the Duchess’s proposal, and Inés collapses. At the start of Act II, Eduardo presses his mother to consent and to hush the scandal while quietly restoring the fortune, Ángela urges silence for Inés’s sake, and Lorenzo—torn between duty and love—insists on declaring the whole truth even if it ruins them. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: Madrid: Imprenta de José M. Ducazcal, 1877 Spanish drama -- 19th century https://archive.org/details/olocuraosantidad15211eche https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76631 117356 117356