Word: alarcon
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Better Way," which is the central play of the performance, is an adaptation from "El Afrancesado of Alarcon." It is placed in Padion, Spain at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Garcia, a leading Spanish apothecary, who is suspected of sympathizing with the officers of Napoleon's Army, gives a dinner to them in his apothecary shop. He puts poison in the wine and kills both the officers and himself. The townspeople rush in at the end and then realize his devotion to his country...