Project Gutenberg 2004-10-01 Public domain in the USA. 336 Kleist, Heinrich von 1777 1811 Kleist, Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Von Kleist, Heinrich Kleist, H. V. (Heinrich von) Der Zerbrochene Krug Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Broken_Jug https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_zerbrochne_Krug Thanks are given to Delphine Lettau for finding a huge collection of ancient German books in London "Der Zerbrochene Krug" by Heinrich von Kleist is a comedic play written during the early 19th century. Set in a Dutch village near Utrecht, the play revolves around a case of a broken jug that ignites a series of humorous misunderstandings, staged confrontations, and comic twists, primarily focusing on the character of Adam, the village judge. At the start of the play, we are introduced to Adam, a local judge who appears to be in a distressed state, sustaining injuries that are humorously attributed to his personal misadventures the previous night. His sidekick, Licht, enters and discusses the arrival of a higher authority figure, Gerichtsrat Walter, who is coming to review the local justice system. Their banter sets an absurd tone as Adam attempts to prepare for the magistrate’s visit while desperately trying to conceal his own troubles. Soon after, the stage is filled with villagers, including a widow, Frau Marthe, who claims the broken jug belongs to her and sets the scene for an escalating courtroom drama filled with witty dialogue and character antics. The opening sets the stage for humor and folly as the villagers’ chaos looms over Adam’s attempts to maintain his authority. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 95.5 (5th grade). Very easy to read. de Comedy plays PT Text DE Drama Category: Humour Category: Plays/Films/Dramas Category: German Literature 176522 2025-08-03T08:30:05.689458 text/html 176339 2025-01-09T23:55:29.919168 text/html 121134 2025-08-03T08:30:11.963399 application/epub+zip 122978 2025-08-03T08:30:07.405424 application/epub+zip 122977 2025-08-03T08:30:06.308460 application/epub+zip 243789 2025-08-03T08:30:14.504431 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 221257 2025-08-03T08:30:11.273397 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 196977 2022-09-03T12:50:19.129002 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 125418 2025-08-03T08:30:05.344444 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 119137 2020-12-29T21:46:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18185 2025-08-03T08:30:14.751385 application/rdf+xml 12358 2025-08-03T08:30:06.798434 image/jpeg 3104 2025-08-03T08:30:06.553493 image/jpeg 46201 2020-12-29T21:46:38 application/octet-stream application/zip 119271 2025-08-03T08:30:05.702441 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia de.wikipedia