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Two noble households in a city maintain a bitter feud that spills into public brawls and civic unrest. Amid this hostility, two young members of the opposing families fall passionately in love, marry in secret with the aid of a cleric, and try to reconcile private desire with social obligation. A chain of duels, exile, and a desperate scheme intended to reunite them results in tragic miscommunication and their deaths. Their passing forces relatives and civic authorities to confront the cost of entrenched hatred. The drama blends lyric monologues, comic interludes, and swift shifts between intimacy and violence while exploring fate, youthful ardor, and the consequences of longstanding enmity.
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