Plays Heinrich von Kleist [Paperback]

The four plays presented here, two newly translated for this edition, are The Broken Pitcher, Amphitryon, Penthesilea, and Prince Frederick of Homburg. As E.L. Docotorow says, 'a Kleist play may be set in ancient Greece, in Holland, or in seventeenth century Prussia, but the fortress of consciousness is where the action occurs.'

Foreword: E.L. Doctorow

Introduction: Walter Hinderer

THE BROKEN PITCHER
A Comedy
Translated by Jon Swan

AMPHITRYON
A Comedy after Moli?re
Translated by Charles E. Passage

PENTHESILEA
A Tragedy
Translated by Humphry Trevelyan

PRINCE FREDERICK OF HOMBURG
A Play
Translated by Peggy Meyer Sherry