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In the organizer's words:

Kleist's comedy, a satirical critique of the justice system and human weaknesses, takes aim at the transgressions of both the powerful and ordinary people with sharp wit and oppressive insight.

It is court day in the village. Mrs. Marthe appears before Judge Adam, holding the broken pieces of her jug in her hands. She accuses Ruprecht, her daughter Eve's fiancé, of breaking into her room and destroying the jug in the heat of the moment. But Ruprecht vehemently disagrees. Eve herself remains silent - and village magistrate Adam seems unusually nervous about the whole affair. His investigations are aimed more at quickly establishing a culprit than at clarifying the events thoroughly and truthfully. When another witness comes forward, the burden of proof against Adam becomes overwhelming. Eve finally breaks her silence and Adam takes flight.

The characters in Kleist's comedy struggle for the truth, or what they believe to be the truth, or what they make to be the truth. Never before has so much information been available and never before has it been worth so little to people.

The Broken Pitcher is the subject of the Abitur in Lower Saxony 2026.

State Theater of Lower Saxony North

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Location

Stadeum Kultur- und Tagungszentrum Schiffertorsstraße 6 21682 Stade

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