East German Poster Database

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• Ihre treue Mutter Goethe/ Ein Selbstportrat in Briefen/Elsa Grube-Deister/ Buch und Regie: Barbara Abend/ Theater im Palast.
  Poster has a black background; handwritten text is arranged on white rectangles around the edges; the silhouette of a woman's bust in black on a large white circle is in the center of the poster; two white mice frame the bottom right hand corner.
• Ich bin nun mal kein Yogi/Geschichte fur Schauspieler und eine Pop-Gruppe von Joachim Walther/Musik: J.-U. Gunther/Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar.
  Poster features a line drawing of a man's bust; he has a comb is in the breast pocket of his coat; on the right side of his head is the drawing of a fish; the poster has a purple border and a purple speckled background; text in black letters; the title is partially underlined.
• Il Campiello/Ein musikalisches Lustspiel von Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari/Theater der Bergarbeiter Senftenberg.
  Poster's background is white with black text; the title is in orange letters; features a line drawing in black ink of a window that shows a view of buildings in a Southern European market square; a rainbow in blue, red and orange is painted over the top of the houses.
• Hans Werner Henze/Der Idiot/DDR Erstauffuhrung/Maratona Tanztheater/Choreographie und Inszenierung:Joachim Ahne; Musikalische Leitung: Gerd Puls; Ausstattung: Wolfgang Flesch; Volkstheater Rostock.
  Poster is in landscape format; title is in white letters across the top on a black band; poster is divided in two halves:the right half features numerous grey game pieces; three of these are marked 2, 4, and D respectively in darker grey color; a bright red game piece in the center of all the grey pieces forms a stark contrast; the left half of the poster consists of a bright red patch from which a game piece has been cut.
• Irische Legende/Oper von Werner Egk/Buhnen der Stadt Gera/DDR Erstauffuhrung
  Poster features a silhouette of a white face with closed eyes on a turquoise background with green text; purple and black bands form a stylized collar around the person's neck.
• Die Irre von Chaillot/Jean Giraudoux/DDR Erstauffuhrung/Inszenierung:Hanns Anselm Perten; Ausstattung:Falk v. Wangelin/Volkstheater Rostock.
  Poster is white with black and grey text; in the center is a colorful woman's head composed of flowers with a hat that also is made of flowers; below the head are the upside-down legs and partial torsos of two men in black and grey striped trousers and black jackets.
• Landestheater Halle/Die Insel/Athol Fugard & John Kani, Winston Ntshona/Regie:Bernd Stempel/Ausstattung:Barbara Albrecht.
  Poster shows the drawing of a head behind bars; background of the top is green with white text; the bottom is white with black text.
• Iphigenie auf Tauris/Schauspiel von J.W. Goethe/Theater der Stadt Cottbus.
  Poster shows two white wings tied to a purple rock; with red background; purple border and purple text at the top.
• Idomeneo/Oper von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart/Stadtische Theater Karl-Marx-Stadt.
  Poster is beige with black text, latin script at the bottom; shows charcoal drawing of a mask which is composed of two faces seen sideways.
• Idomeneo/Mozart/Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin/Idomeneo:Eberhard Buchner;Idamantes:Uta Priew;Elektra:Magdalena Hajassyova;Ilia:Carola Nossek;Arbaces:Gunter Kurth;Operpriester:Henno Garduhn; Stimme des Orakels:Fritz Hubner/Musikalische Leitung:Peter Schreier;
  Poster is white with black text; the title of the opera takes up the bulk of the poster; each letter is in white on a black square.
• Saxa Loquuntur/Steine Reden/Ziegelsteinabreibungen vom Schulhof der Helmholtzschule in Potsdam - Manfred Butzmann 1985 - Druckerei Graetz
  Poster is black with white text, latin script at top with numberous names and birth/death dates below in varying styles of graffiti. Remaining text at bottom. Advertises for "The Rocks Speak" from the Helmholtz School in Potsdam, directed by Manfred Butzman.
• Wallensteins Lager/Die Piccolomini/Wallensteins Tod/Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar
  Poster is white with bold black line segment center top and double black border at bottom. Text in black. Advertises for three performances: "Wallenstein's Beer", "The Piccolomin", and "Wallenstein's Death", to be performed at the Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar.
• Christine Schorn Friedo Solter in/Zwei auf einer Bank/Alexander Gelman/Regie: Hellman/Bühne: Šramek
  Poster shows a bench in a park next to a blue [tie?]. Play directed by Hellman
• Der Zerbrochne Krug/Heinrich von Kleist/Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam Lustspiel
  Poster is a picture from behind of a judge sitting at a desk . Background is red and white gradient . Text at top in black caps and bottom in white caps. Advertises for "The Broken Jug" from Heinrich von Kleist.
• Zeit der Wölfe/Plenzdorf/nach Aitmatow: Die Richtstatt - Regie Höchst
  Poster is gray with back and white painted "x" across center", with title in yellow on l-r axis and remaining text top left and bottom. Advertises for "Time of the Wolves" from Plenzdorf, directed by Höchst. Based on Aimatow's "Die Richstatt".
• Zar und Zimmerman/Komische Oper in drei Akten von Albert Lortzing/Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin
  Poster is white with black architectural line drawings at bottom, various building tools in center, and a ship top right. Standing prominently in center is a solider in red and gold uniform, holding a mask which partially obscures his face.
• Mozart ž Die Zauberflöte/Theater der Stadt Cottbus
  Poster is irridescnent gold with abstract tree design superimposed in shades of brown, gray and olive. Text at bottom in gray italics. Advertises for performance of Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute".
• E. Schikaneder/W.A. Mozart/Brandeburger Theater Die Zauberflöte
  Poster is black with watercolor depiction of two nude figures in an embrace, standing on tob of an orb with red and white background. Authorial information at left and right in white italics, remaining text at bottom in white. Poster advertises for performance of "The Magic Flute" from Mozart, conducted by E. Schikander
• Dario Fo/Zufälliger Tod eines Anarchisten/Kammerspiele
  Poster is black with 3 by 3 grid of silhouettes on sky background, numbered in upper left corner 1-9 from left to right. Bottom two squares are empty. Title at top in red with remaining text in white top and botom. Advertises for "Dario Fo", "The random death of an Anarchist".
• Albert Lortzing/Zar und Zimmerman in der Deutschen Staatsper Berlin
  Poster is yellow with double-headed eagle in black silhouette, modified with anthropomorphic faces. Left wears a white crown and holds a scepter, right wears a black hat and hods a measuring stick. Single red tulip superimposed at torso, with red ship behind. Texat at bottom in gothic, script, and caps (red and black). Advertises for "Zar and Zimmermanm", from Alebert Lortzing.
• Federico Garcia Lorca/Yerma/Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater Schwerin
  Poster is a black and white skyline against red background. Text in black at top and bottom. Advertises for performance of "Yerma" by Federico Garcia Lorca.
• Yerma/Federico García Lorca ž Kammerspiele des Deutschen Theaters
  Poster background is what appears to be a concrete wall, with "Yerma" painted in red near bottom. Remaining text in black caps at bottom. Advertises for performance of "Yerma" from Federico García Lorca.
• Heiner Müller/I bis III/Wolokolamsker Chaussee/Regie: Castorf/Bühne: Narr/Kleist-Theater-Frankfurt (oder)-Nr. Erstatt 10. Probebühne
  Poster is an abstract depiction of a woman outlined in black and white, with background in red, orange, blue and green. Title at top in
• Die Weise von Lebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke/Eine Opernvision von Siegfried Matthus
  Poster depicts a rose on fire against a brown background, with text in lighter brown at right. Advertises for "The Example of Love and Death from the Cornets Christoph Rilke", an opera from Siegfried Matthus.
• Volksbühne/Spielplan/1980/81/Neu Inszenierungen/Heiner Müller/Der Bau/Nach Motiven von Erik Neutschs Roman "Supr der Steine"/Uraufführung/Reige: Fritz Marquardt/"Du bist der Bagger, und du bist der Baugrud, auf dich fällt der Stein, den du aufhebst, aus d
  Poster is white with black images and text (theater, dates, and words "premiere" in red). Divided into 2 x 6 segments. Advertises for the performance schedule of the Volksbühne for the year 1980-81, including performances "Der Bau" from Heiner Müller, "The Beaver Pelt" from Gerhart Hauptmann, "Twelfth Night" from William Shakespeare, and others.