by Heinrich von Kleist · ISBN 9788485905508
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«El càntir trencat» is the play by German playwright Heinrich von Kleist, published in Catalan, 151 pages.
The play takes place in a courtroom, where a corrupt judge tries to hide his own guilt while an investigation is conducted into who broke a jug. The testimonies and contradictions of the trial gradually reveal his lies and a web of personal interests.
The play was originally published in 1811; this Catalan edition dates from 1988.
Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist was a German poet, dramatist, novelist, short story writer and journalist. His best known works are the theatre plays The Prince of Homburg, Das Käthchen von Heilbronn, The Broken Jug, Amphitryon and Penthesilea, and the novellas Michael Kohlhaas and The Marquise of O. Kleist ended his life in a suicide pact by shooting himself together with a close female friend who was terminally ill.
