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In two acts composed of linked tableaux, the play follows groups of travelers bound for Montserrat to attend nuptial festivities, presenting scenes on a train, in a restaurant waiting room and by the sea. Songs, a chorus and sardana dancing punctuate rapid, farcical episodes—missing tickets, snoring passengers, awkward luggage and quarrels—that generate comic misunderstandings and mistaken priorities. Through witty exchanges and communal spectacle the work examines marriage customs, generational differences and local social rituals, blending regional color with satire of domestic expectations and communal solidarity.
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