East German Poster Database

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• Unser Recht Zu Leben / Berliner Ensemble
  This poster advertises a performance by the Berliner Ensemble. It is not clear what specific play is being performed. The top of the poster has a title: “Unser Recht Zu Leben” (Our Right To Live) above a Picasso drawing of a bird. Below there is a quote from Bertolt Brecht about Carthage in German, French, English, Spanish and Russian. Oversize.
• Für Erwachsene / Puppentheaters zu Berlin / Der Prinz von Portugaul / Joachim Knauth
  Brown and tan poster. Most of the lettering is written in the old style German “Fraktur” typeface and so it is pretty hard to read. It appears to advertise a puppet theater production of the story “Der Prinz von Portugal” by Joachim Knauth. Box 5.
• Copyright by DT 1976 / Zauleck
  Poster is pink, green, black, white and red. The poster is in two parts, the top half is PA-1008 and the bottom half is PA-1009. Poster advertises a play called “Tag für Tag” by Arnold Wesker. Poster shows various drawings depicting people, a green tree, an ambulance, a record player, bees etc. Box 5.
• Tag für Tag / Ein Schauspiel Von Arnold Wesker in Den Kammerspielen
  Poster is pink, green, black, white and red. The poster is in two parts, the top half is PA-1008 and the bottom half is PA-1009. Poster advertises a play called “Tag für Tag” by Arnold Wesker. Poster shows various drawings depicting scenes of people, a red and white bus, a small red house and a circle with the word London. Box 5.
• Offene Zweierbeziehung / Franca Rame / Dario Fo / Einmaliges Gastspiel
  Poster has a black border with a white, red, blue and black central image. The image is a drawing of a blue man embracing a red woman who has a knife in her back. The poster advertises a production of Franca Rame and Dario Fo's play “Offene Zweierbeziehung”. Box 5.
• Michael Kramer / von Gerhart Hauptmann
  Poster is brown, black and white. Central image is a white shirt hanging on a wooden frame. The poster advertises a production of Gerhart Hauptmann's play “Michael Kramer”. Box 5.
• Lessing / Miss Sara Sampson
  Black and white poster. Background is a photograph of theater stage with set pieces and a lone figure. The poster advertises a production of G.E. Lessing's play “Miss Sara Sampson”. Box 5.
• J. W. v. Goethe / Torquato Tasso / Deutsches Theater
  Double sided poster. Poster is green, white and black. In the center there is black and white image of a man leaning out of a window. The poster advertises a production of Goethe's play “Torquato Tasso”. The back side has text with production information. Box 5.
• Ballettogramme / Mit Chopin und Jazz und Beat
  Double sided poster. Poster is black and white. The front shows a black image of a male ballet dancer. The text advertises for an event of ballet and music, including music by Chopin. Jazz and rhythm. Backside includes production notes and additional information. Box 5.
• Hakins Geschichten / Norberto Avila / Landestheater Dessau
  White, brown, green and yellow poster. The edge of the poster resembles the edge of a carpet. Inside there is a drawing of a man sitting on a tree branch looking down on three figures that are falling through the sky towards a middle eastern city. The poster advertises Norberto Avila's play “Hakins Geshichten”. Box 5.
• Campanella und der Kommandeur / Michail Schatrow / Maxim Gorki Theater
  Black and orange poster advertising Michail Schatrow's play “Campanella und der Kommandeur”. Box 5.
• Mit dem Kopf durch die Wand / Komödie von Joachim Witte / Nach einer Erzählung von Wassili Axjonow
  Yellow poster with black letters. There is a sketch of a fisherman with a net containing what looks like a black and white image of a mermaid. The poster advertises a play by Joachim Witte called “Mit dem Kopf durch die Wand” (With his head through the wall) adapted from a story by Wassili Axjonow. Box 5.
• Jenufa / Oper von Leoš Janáček / Landes Theater Halle
  Double sided poster. Front side is black and white picture of the interior of a mill, with ladders, ropes and pulleys. The poster advertises Leoš Janáček's opera “Jenufa”. The back side includes a brief essay on Janáček by the director Leo Spies. Box 5.
• W.A. Mozart / Cosi Fan Tutte
  Double sided poster. Front side is purple, white and blue and depicts a dreamlike scene with a man looking in on a woman sleeping atop a pile of wildflowers, there is also a cherub of some sort, a large oyster full of pearls, a group of various birds and a boat with sails. Box 5.
• Der Pinsel und Sein Onkel Valentin / Ein Theaterstück von Victor Contreras / Uraufführung / Theater der Freundschaft
  Poster shows a blue sky with a green purple and yellow sun. Below there is a brown and green field with multi-colored flowers. A man wearing a hat that looks like a paintbrush is floating above the grass. Poster advertises a play called “Der Pinsel und Sein Onkel Valentin” by Victor Contreras. Box 5.
• Die Zähmung der Widerspenstigen
  Double sided poster. Back side appears to be articles on topics unrelated to the front of the poster. This could mean that the poster was recycled. The front image is a black and white photograph of a naked woman atop a naked man atop a horse. Red and black letters. The poster advertises “Die Zähmung der Widespenstigen” (The Taming of the Shrew) by William Shakespeare. Box 5.
• Madame Butterfly / Japanische Tragödie von Giacomo Puccini / Inszenierung: Wolfgange Jende / Musikalische Leitung: MD Kurt Schäfer / Bühnen Der Stadt Nordhausen
  Poster has a blue background with a tan, black and pink drawing of a Geisha girl. The poster advertises a production of Madame Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini. Box 5.
• Die Heirat / Komödie von Nikolai Gogol in den Kammerspielen der Städtischen Bühnen Quedlinburg
  Poster is brown white and black and depicts a wedding scene. It advertises Nikolai Gogol's play “Die Heirat” (Marriage). Box 5.
• Der Stumme Diener / Harold Pinter / Studio-Inszenierung 1
  Poster advertises a production of Harold Pinter's “The Dumb Waiter” (Der Stumme Diener). It features a photo by M. Kirsten, which shows a jacket hung up on a chair with a hat on the seat and a pair of shoes on the ground in front of it. There is a holster with a pistol hanging over the jacket. Box 5.
• Abenteur Esperanza / Spektakel mit Music, Piraten und Gespenstern
  Poster shows a drawing of a pirate ship on a blue sea against a yellow and red sky. Box 5.
• Die Havarie / K. Lange
  Poster is black, white and red. It features an abstract image which resembles a shattered human face. The title is “Die Havarie” (The Accident) by Katin Lange. Box 5.
• Der Fliegende Koffer / Puppentheater Berlin
  Double sided poster. The front is black, white, red and yellow in a German Expressionist style woodcut depicting a man flying across the night sky in a suitcase. The poster advertises a puppet theater performance of the Hans Christian Anderson story “Der Fliegende Koffer” (The Magic Suitcase). The back side has production notes and a quote from Anderson. Box 5.
• Dornröschen / Märchen Nach Den Gebrüdern Grimm Von Peter Ensikat
  Poster is white with black letters. On the left and right there are drawings of a young girl and young boy in plain clothes and in between them what look like a paper doll cutout of a princess and a chef. The poster advertises a theatrical production of the Brother's Grimm fairytale “Dornröschen” which is the Sleeping Beauty story. Box 5.
• Maria Stuart / Ein Trauerspiel von Friedrich Schiller
  Poster is black, white, pink and gray. The title of the play is at the top in large white letters. The middle shows a woman screaming with both her hands held up to her head. The poster advertises a production of Friedrich Schiller's play “Maria Stuart” directed by Lutz Graf. Box 5.
• Das Spektakel Von Leben Und Tod / Gemeinschaftsprojekt / Berliner Amateurpuppentheater
  Double sided poster is white red and black. It depicts a scene with bloody naked bodies engaged in some sort of ritual or chaotic revelry. The back repeats the same information as the front. The poster advertises a night of amateur puppet theater entitled “Das Spektakel Von Leben und Tod” (The spectacle of life and death). Box 5.