02131cam a22003013u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000420011324500210015526400510017630000470022733600260027433700260030033800360032650000310036250800370039352012390043053400800166965300180174985600430176799900190181077084UtSlPG20260610134803.0mcr n260607r20251890utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aca2iso639-1 4aPC1 aPenya, Pere d'Alcàntara,d1823-190613aLa peste gròga 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2025  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2025-10-19  aEditor digital: Joan Queralt Gil  a"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.)  pOriginally published:cPalma de Mallorca: Llibreria J. Umbert y Peris, 1890  aCatalan drama40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77084  c117806d117806