Theatre· Stuttgart
Der zerbrochene Krug
Der zerbrochene Krug ("The Broken Jug") is a comedy by German writer Heinrich von Kleist, first performed in 1808. Set in a Dutch village courtroom, it follows the cunning judge Adam, who tries to conceal his own guilt—the corruption of a young woman and the shattering of her mother's prized jug—while presiding over the very trial investigating that crime, until the visiting superior judge Walter