<p>Esteban is the owner of a farm. He has a male servant, Silvestre, and a female servant, Oliva, who is also his mistress. Oliva really loves her master and she serves him so well that Esteban is thinking about marrying her. But he is wondering if Oliva really loves him or if she is after his belongings, so he explains to Silvestre the stratagem that he has planned to deploy in order to put her to the test: he will pretend that he has lost all of his possessions, and then fake his own death. Silvestre, in the presence of the supposed body, will have to feign love for Oliva in order to test her faithfulness. Esteban puts his plan into action. Thanks to the help of a fake doctor, Esteban pretends to die. Silvestre tells Oliva how he feels about her as planned, but his feelings are in fact true and he had always concealed them. Oliva faints, Silvestre carries her in his arms and the two of them run away from the house. Esteban sits up on his death bed and, taken aback by the revelation of truth, he actually dies of syncope.</p>

Glove-puppet

Not specified

Spain

Madrid

Printed

Fainting

Love

Death

Loyalty in love

Wealth

Farm

Corpse

Travelling theatre

False doctor

Farcical

Comical

Tragic

Spanish

Farmer

Servant

Maid

Peddler

Fake death

Trap

Plot twist

Death on stage

Curiosa muerte burlada

The Strange Duped Death