The Prince of Homburg (play)
The Prince of Homburg is a play by Heinrich von Kleist written in 1809–10, but not performed until 1821, after the author's death.
Peter Simonischek as Kurfürst and August Diehl as Homburg, Salzburg Festival 2012
Relief showing the Prince of Homburg on the Heinrich von Kleist monument of 1910 in Frankfurt an der Oder
Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist was a German poet, dramatist, novelist, short story writer and journalist. His best known works are the theatre plays Das Käthchen von Heilbronn, The Broken Jug, Amphitryon and Penthesilea, and the novellas Michael Kohlhaas and The Marquise of O. Kleist died by suicide together with a close female friend who was terminally ill.
Heinrich von Kleist
Grave of Kleist and Henriette Vogel at Berlin Kleiner Wannsee after renovation in 2011
Suicide letter addressed to his half-sister Ulrike
Kleist Monument in Frankfurt (Oder)