East German Poster Database

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• Gottfried Fischborn / Prozess Gegen Herakles oder / Das Siebente Fach
  Poster is black with white and red letters. There is a white figure whose hand is raised in the shape of a club. The poster advertises Gottfried Fischborn's play “Prozess Gegen Herakles” (Trial against Heracles).
• Null Bock / Ein Spiel im Theater mit Musik (P14) von Bernd Kessler
  Poster has a white background with purple, black and white letters. There is a black and white photograph of an androgynous teenager with an earring in a black jacket. The poster advertises a play by Bernd Kessler called “Null Bock”. Box 5.
• Ameley, Der Biber Und Der König Auf Dem Dach / Theater Junge Garde Halle / Tankred Dorst
  Poster is framed by two large green pear trees that form the silhouette of a king wearing a crown. The middle is a blue sky with a park below it showing a young girl walking with a beaver and a dog. The poster advertises Tankred Dorst's play “Ameley, Der Biber und der König auf dem Dach”. Box 5.
• Feuer Bambule / “Feuer Marianne” mit Bambule einmal anders
  Poster is double sided, the front side is black, white and red with text, while the back side is split black and red with no text. The poster advertises an event called “Feuer Bambule” including a performance of “Feuer Marianne”. It is a puppet theater performance. Box 5.
• Die Physiker / Kömodie von Friedrich Dürrenmatt
  Poster is white and purple. It depicts an x-ray of a human head on a purple background. The poster advertises Friedrich Dürrenmatt's comedy “Die Physiker”. Box 5.
• Spiegelungen / Soloabend Annette Jahns
  Poster is pink, black and white. The image and words are mirrored with a black figure hanging upside down with upside down text in pink and a white figure at the bottom with white text beneath it. The poster advertises a night of solo performance by Annette Jahns entitled “Spiegelungen” (Reflections). Box 5.
• Retro oder: Ich will zurück aufs Dach
  Poster with a white background and black letters. There is a drawing of a flying man dressed in purple and green with yellow wings. The poster advertises Alexander Galin's play “Retro oder: Ich will zurück aufs Dach”. Box 5.
• Josef & Maria / von Peter Turrini / Inszenierung: Peter Radestock / Ausstattung: Falk von Wangelin
  Black and White poster with a black background. There is a white bucket with a towel draped over it and a large number of keys hanging on the handle. Above the bucket there is a shooting star. The poster advertises the play “Josef & Maria” by Peter Turrini. Box 5
• Puppenjazz / Hermann Naehring - Percussion / Dietrich Petzold - Violin / Peter Waschinsky - Puppenspiel + Aktion
  Black and White poster with large black letters and a photo copy of a newspaper which is partially scratched out. The title is Puppenjazz. The three names at the top are the performers: a percussionist, a violinist and a puppeteer. Box 5.
• Der zerbrochne Krug / Lustspiel von Heinrich von Kleist / Städtischen Bühnen Quedlinburg
  White poster with black and yellow letters and red splatter. Poster advertises the play “Der zerbrochene Krug” (The Broken Jug) by Heinrich von Kleist. Box 5.
• Heinrich Schütz
  Portrait of composer Heinrich Schütz. This poster could be for a concert but there is no information besides the picture and Schütz's name. Box 5.
• George Frideric Handel
  Portrait of composer George Frideric Handel. This poster could be for a concert but there is no information besides the picture and Handel's name. Box 5.
• Johann Sebastian Bach
  Portrait of composer Johann Sebastian Bach. This poster could be for a concert but there is no information besides the picture and Bach's name. Box 5.
• Die Oper spielt verrückt / Rufen Sie Herrn Plim / Hin und zurück / Egon und Emilie
  Poster is black and white. It is either advertising a night of operas, or an ongoing schedule of performances. There is a picture of two stereotypical opera viking-like characters tied up in a bundle of rope. The large black title of the poster says “Die Oper spielt verrückt” meaning “Opera gone mad”. Box 5.
• Pablo Neruda / Glanz und Tod des Joaquin Murieta / Coproduktion Deutsch-Sorbisches Volkstheater Bautzen Verlag Volk und Welt Berlin
  Black poster with green and white letters. The poster advertises a German production of a play by Pablo Neruda “Glanz und Tod des Joaquin Murieta”. The middle of the poster shows the face of a man and a horse in the night sky, above a river bed. Poster is double sided, and the box includes a program with a picture of Neruda and translated writings by Neruda. Box 5.
• Verlieb dich nicht in eine Helige / Metropol
  Green background with the picture of a woman in dressed in purple medieval-style clothes holding up a portable radio. The poster advertises a musical comedy called “Verlieb dich nicht in eine Heilige” (Don't fall in love with a saint) by Claus-Ulrich Wiesner. Box 5.
• Garage / Satirische Kömodie von Emil Braginskij/Eldar Rjasnow / Deutsch von Rüdiger Volkmer / Städtische Bühnen Quadlinburg Kammerspiele
  Black, pink, white and red poster. Picture shows a drawing of a building with wings flying above a crowd of shadow people reaching up towards it. The center of the poster has a road running down the middle of it and dissipating into the crowd. The poster advertises a comedic play which is adapted from a Russian film directed by Eldar Rjasanow and written by Emil Braginskij. The German adaptation is written by Rüdiger Volkmer. Box 5.
• Die Laune des Verliebten / Ein Studiobühnen-Abend mit Texten von, mit and über Herrn Johann Wolfgang Goethe
  White poster with green letters. Picture shoes a man looking out a green window into a pink sky. Poster advertises an evening of works “by, with and about” Johann Wolfgang Goethe. Illustration by J.H.W. Tischbein Box 5.
• Till Eulenspiegel / Das Spiel vom argen Schalk im Harzer Bergtheater Thale / Stück von Albert R. Pasch und W. Rinecker
  White poster with orange and black letters. At the top, the title “Till Eugenspiegel” is written in large orange letters. Underneath there is an orange picture of a Till, who l looks like a Medieval jester and is holding an owl in one hand (Eule) and a mirror in the other (Spiegel). The play is based on the folktales about this character and is written by Albert R. Pasch and W. Rinecker. Box 5.
• Die Blume Von Hawaii / Musikalische Komödie / Oper Leipzig
  Blue poster with white and yellow letters. The center of the poster shows a dark blue sky with white clouds. The poster is bifurcated by a yellow line. The title at the top is “Die Blume von Hawaii” (The Flower of Hawaii). The poster does not list the composer. Oversize.
• Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe / Leipziger Theater Schauspielhaus / Faust / Der Tragödie Zweiter Teil
  Red, white and black poster. In the center of the poster large black letters spell out Faust. The poster advertises a performance of Faust II (Zweiter Teil) by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe. Oversize.
• Leipziger Theater- Trauminsel: Musikalische Komödie Operatte von Gilbert und Per Schwenzen
  This poster has a white background with black letters, blue, orange and red colors. The center of the poster is a drawing of a bird in black, orange, red and blue. The poster advertises for the musical comedy “Trauminsel” (Dream Island).
• Internationale Tage Der Pantomime - 10 Jahre DT-Pantomime-Ensemble am Deutschen Theater, Kammerspiele
  This poster has a white background with black border, black and orange letters and a large orange arrow. It advertises a week long pantomime theater festival and lists the program along the bottom in smaller letters, to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of the Deutsches Theater Pantomime Ensemble.
• Kurt Tucholsky: Schloß Gripsholm- Theater der Stadt Cottbus
  This poster has a light green-yellow background with a white silhouette of a person, lifting open a book in the center of their chest which reveals a woman's face in green, white, and purple. Below there is the name of the play “Schloß Gripsholm” (Gripsholm Castle) based on the novel by Kurt Tucholsky.
• Così fan tutte / So Machen's Alle: Drama Giocoso von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart- Landestheater Halle
  This poster has a white background with black text. In the center there is a cartoon of a man, presumably Mozart himself with a pink face, a white wig with black dots, wearing a black coat. The poster advertises Mozart's opera “Cossi Fan Tutte”.