The Broken Jug (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Heinrich von Kleist
- First Published: 1811
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Farce
- Time of Work: Late eighteenth century
- Setting: A village in The Netherlands
- Principal Characters: Adam, Walter, Licht, Marthe Rull, Eve, Ruprecht, Brigitte, Veit Tumpel
- Genres: Drama, Farce, Comedy
- Subjects: Justice, Love or romance, Eighteenth century, Judges, Netherlands or Dutch people, Courts or courtrooms
- Locales: Netherlands
The Story:
Licht, clerk of the court of Huisum, a village near Utrecht in The Netherlands, appeared in the courtroom one morning to prepare for the day’s proceedings. He discovered Adam, the village judge, in a generally disreputable state, nursing a badly lacerated face and an injured leg. When he asked the judge how he came to be in such a condition, he received a highly questionable story about an altercation with a clothesline and a goat. Licht, sensing that there had been some philandering involved, hinted as much to Adam, but the judge naturally denied the clerk’s...
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