At the beginning of this work, a clerk named Licht is surprised to discover that his employer, a judge in Huisum, has been injured, and was later learn that the injuries were caused when Ruprecht beat Adam, who was trying to seduce Eve, a series of events which led to the title object being rendered unusable.  
An adaptation of this play which changed the setting to Ballybog was the first stage work by John Banville.  A character in this work is alarmed to learn that an official holding a position similar to his in the village of Holla recently tried to hang himself.  That character is even more distressed when he remembers that a cat had kittens in an article of his clothing, though Brigitte later shows up with that article.  At the beginning of this work, a clerk named Licht is surprised to discover that his employer, a judge in Huisum, has been injured, and was later learn that the injuries were caused when Ruprecht beat Adam, who was trying to seduce Eve, a series of events which led to the title object being rendered unusable.  FTP, name this 1808 drama, a classic of German comedy written by Heinrich von Kleist.
An adaptation of this play which changed the setting to Ballybog was the first stage work by John Banville.  
The Broken Jug or Der zerbrochne Krug