East German Poster Database

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• Joachim Knauth: Der Maulheld: Komödie nach dem Miles Gloriosus des Titus Maccus Plautus- Theater Der Freundschaft
  This poster features a black border around a grey center. In the center there is an open mouth with red lips, containing the title “Der Maulheld” (The Mouth Hero) in large gray letters. The play is by Joachim Knauth, based on the play Miles Gloriosus by Titus Macchus Plautus.
• Madame Butterfly: Oper Von Puccini- Landestheater Halle
  This poster has a cream colored background with black text. There are twin black bars on the top left corner with brown letters spelling out the name of the opera “Madame Butterfly”. There is an Asian woman's face on the right and a butterfly in the center. This poster advertises the opera by Puccini of the same title as the poster.
• Moses und Aron: Arnold Schönberg- Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin
  This poster has a black background with white letters and a large center image that looks like the libretto for an opera that has been scratched and crossed out, probably a picture of Arnold Schönberg's own work. Poster advertises Arnold Schönberg's opera “Moses und Aron”.
• Henrik Ibsen: Die Meerfrau- Bühnen der Stadt Gera
  This poster has a white background with black text. In the center there is a black and white photograph of a hallway leading to double doors leading to a white void. The poster advertises Henrik Ibsen's play “The Lady from the Sea” (Die Meerfrau).
• Puccini: Madam Butterfly- Oper, Hans-Otto-Theater, Potsdam
  This poster has a white background speckled with dots of blue, red and black. In the middle there is a butterfly impaled on a stick. It advertises Puccini's opera Madam Butterfly, to be performed at the Hans-Otto-Theater in Potsdam.
• Theater der Bergarbeiter Senftenberg- Christoph Hein nach J.M.R. Lenz: Der Neue Menoza
  This poster has a black background with white letters and a blue, green and orange colored depiction of a room, possibly in a palace of some kind, with large blue windows and a large orange square in the middle. Advertises a play called “Der Neue Menoza” by Jakob (J.M.R.) Lenz.
• Neues Theater / Landes Theater Halle aus unserem Angebot:
  This poster is white with a black border and lines, separating out different segments of text that feature different theater pieces. There is Rückkopplung by Alexander Gelman, Was das für Zeiten waren by Joh. Conrad und Peter Sodann, Picknick im Felde by Fernando Arrabal, and Hinkemann by Ernst Toller.
• Staatschauspiel Dresden- Die Nacht nach der Abschlußfeier
  This poster has a white background with pink letters on both sides. The middle of the poster is a black and white photograph of a nude woman, holding a bouquet of flowers and what looks like a play script. This poster advertises for a "The Night After Graduation".
• 1984: Neuinszenierungen- Landes Theater Halle
  This poster has a cream background with black, green, red and white letters. It advertises a program of new productions (Neuinszenierungen) including plays, operas and a musical. Some featured pieces are Volker Braun's "Der große Frieden", Anton Tschechow's "Drei Schwestern", Heiner Müller's "Der Auftrag", Mozart's "Cosi fan tutte", Handel's Floridante, Karl Ottomar treibmann's "Der Preis", and Das Glas Wasser.
• Neues Theater- Landes Theater Halle
  This poster has a green background with a red stripe across the middle of the poster. Advertises for a series of new, avantgarde plays, i.e. “Neues Theater”, with work by Athol Fugard, Alexander Gelman, Rudi Strahl, Heinar Kipphard, Maxie Wander, and Harald Mueller.
• Nachtasyl- Maxim Gorki Theater
  This poster is white and black with the play's title “Nachtasyl” written with shadows. The play is Maxim Gorki's “Depths”, to be performed at the Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin
• Der Neue Prozess: Peter Weiss, Franz Kafka gewidmet- DDR-Erstaufführung
  This poster is white with a black sketch of a man in a hat and an overcoat. Large black print letters advertise the play “Der Neue Prozess” (The New Trial) by Peter Weiss. It is dedicated (gewidmet) to Franz Kafka.
• Das Nest Des Auerhahns: Ein Stück v. Viktor Rosow- Bühnen Der Stadt Gera
  This poster is white with a black and white Russian Orthodox style depiction of the Virgin Mary and Baby Jesus. It advertises the play “Das Nest Des Auerhahns” (The Grouse's Nest) by Viktor Rosow.
• Die Nacht Des Soldaten: Schauspiel von Carlos Cerda- Teatro Lautaro, Chilenisches Schauspielensemble am Volkstheater Rostock
  This poster is black with white text and what looks like a print of an etching depicting two soldiers with guns and a person, possibly deceased, laying in the grass. This poster advertises a performance by a Chilean troupe, the Teatro Lautaro, of a play by Carlos Cerda “The Night of the Soldiers” (Die Nacht des Soldaten).
• Die Nachtglocke, Komische Oper in einem Akt: Donizetti- Theater der Bergarbeiter Senftenberg
  This poster is pink with red letters advertising a performance of Donizetti's Opera “Il Campanello” or “The Night Bell” (Die Nachtglocke).
• Nachtprogramm
  This poster is white with black headers, and a border in bright neon orange ink. The poster is program listing the dates and locations of performances at various theaters.
• Berliner Ensemble: Neue Texte … - 19.30 Probebühne
  This poster is a light purple with dark purple letters. It lists various performances of new works by the Berliner Ensemble, such as Richard Pietraß, Eberhard Häfner, Steffen Mensching, Hans-Eckhardt Wenzel, Jan Faktor, Thomas Rosenlöcher, Christiane Grosz, and Brigitte Struzyk.
• Rodion Stschedrin: Nicht nur Liebe, DDR - Erstaufführung- Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin
  This poster is white with black letters, except for the first two words having flowers form the first letter of each. The center depicts a man in a red shirt, brown pants and boots, laying on a bed of blue/purple flowers, looking up into a blue starry night with a full moon, framed by women, a rooster and a cow. This poster advertises for Rodion Stschedrin's play “Nicht nur Liebe” (Not only Love).
• Joachim Brehmer: Der Mensch ist kein Schmetterling, Uraufführung- Städtische Theater Karl-Marx-Stadt
  This poster has a green background with a red border. In the center there is a white silhouette of a persons head, filled in with a gray drawing of a factory with smoke stacks. There is a red butterfly above the head. The poster is for the premier of Joachim Brehmer's play “Der Mensch ist kein Schmetterling” (Man is Not a Butterfly).
• M. Jones Band- Mit der LP auf Tour: Herz Schlag
  This poster has a white background with a black grid. In large red and black letters it says M. Jones Band. There is a picture of what looks like an album cover, which depicts a metronome with a heart on the tip, hence the name “Herz Schlag” or “Heart Beat”.
• Kap der Unruhe / Alfred Matusche / Regie: Winkelgrund / Maxim Gorki Theater.
  Poster is in landscape format. In the foreground is a small figure who's looking over a landscape of fields and trees. A row of red and white striped poles mark a road that leads to a modern city with skyscrapers. The city lights make the sky bright yellow even at night. The text is arranged in gray letters on a black frame that surrounds the painting.
• Das Spiel vom Kaspar, von der Konigin Tausendschon und der noch tausendmal schoneren Prinzessin Schneewittchen / von Franz Fuhmann / Urauffuhrung / Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam.
  An abstract painting of a clown's head dominates this poster. It features a bright red forehead and nose, large blue eyes and mouth. One of the eyes is surrounded by a wide band of yellow, one of the cheeks is bright red. The background is gray; the text is in dark blue letters across the top.
• Der Kaufmann von Venedig / von William Shakespeare / Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar.
  This poster shows a painting of a man wearing a Doge's hat and cloak who is seated. He's looking at an outstretched hand that reaches into the poster from the left and if offering money. Another hand holding a short dagger is visible above. The colors are various brown and beige tones. The title is in pink letters across the top.
• Komodie ohne Titel / Federico Garcia Lorca / Berliner Ensemble / DDR-Erstauffuhrung.
  This black and white poster shows a drawing by Federico Garcia Lorca of a harlequin with two faces that are partially superimposed. The text is in black in cursive writing across the top and along the bottom of the poster.
• Kasimir und Karoline / Odon von Horvath / Maxim Gorki Theater.
  The main feature of this colorful poster is a woman in a red dress holding a beer mug who seems to be suspended in the air. On the right hand side is a man with a mustache wearing a blue suit who is reading a unicycle. Underneath the woman is a huge pair of scissors that are cutting through a painting of an idyllic landscape of palm trees and a lake with mountains and a huge red setting sun in the background. On the left a woman's hand reaches into the picture holding an ice cream cone.