Project Gutenberg 2004-10-01 Public domain in the USA. 572 Kleist, Heinrich von 1777 1811 Kleist, Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Von Kleist, Heinrich Kleist, H. V. (Heinrich von) Der Zerbrochene Krug Reading ease score: 95.5 (5th grade). Very easy to read. 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.) de Comedies PT Text DE Drama Browsing: Humour Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 176346 176213 2024-10-03T10:05:54.905464 2023-10-03T09:03:37.972414 text/html text/html 176339 176206 2024-10-03T10:05:55.207454 2023-10-03T09:03:38.172423 text/html text/html 121053 2024-10-03T10:06:02.227405 application/epub+zip 122977 2024-10-03T10:05:57.110405 application/epub+zip 122977 2024-10-03T10:05:55.899410 application/epub+zip 243779 2024-10-03T10:06:04.980372 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 221253 2024-10-03T10:06:01.375381 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 196977 2022-09-03T12:50:19.129002 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 125418 125336 2024-10-03T10:05:54.523443 2023-10-03T09:03:37.438427 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 119137 2020-12-29T21:46:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 46201 2020-12-29T21:46:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19596 2024-10-03T10:06:05.118371 application/rdf+xml 12358 2024-10-03T10:05:56.444528 image/jpeg 3104 2024-10-03T10:05:56.173426 image/jpeg 119195 2024-10-03T10:05:55.222424 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog de.wikipedia en.wikipedia