East German Poster Database

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• Gespenster/Familiendrama von Henrik Ibsen/Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam
  Poster is white with light green depiction of an hour glass with top removed to allow two old men to appear stuck within it, plus a skull with a top hat. Depiction outlined in black. Text in darker green at top and vertical at left an right. Advertises for the family drama "Ghosts" from Henrik Ibsen.
• Shakespeare/Der Kaufmann von Venedig/Schauspielhaus Leipziger Theater
  Poster background is diveded roughly diagonally between red at right and left which is further divided in opposite diagonal between yellow and green. At bottom left is a black silhouette of a bearded man in profile with mouth agape. At top right is a profile of man facing opposite direction, with gray shadow behind. Advertises for Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice".
• Guiseppe Verdi/Operhaus Leipzig/Macbeth
  Poster background is purple, with depiction of an hourglass filled with drippin blood and a jeweled crown at top. Text in white at top with red underneath. Advertises for a performance of Verdi's "Macbeth".
• Mozart/Die Zauberflöte/Leipziger Theater/Opernhaus
  Poster is abstract depiction of a ying-yang in yellow, set as if a sun or moon in a dark sky streaked with purple, yellow and white. Text in white at bottom. Advertises for Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute".
• Maria Stuart/Sergej Slonimski/DDR-Erstaufführung/Operhaus Leipzig
  Poster is black at top with depiction of nude blindforlded woman in profile with a small wite crown on top of her head. Background at bottom is diagonal black and blue lines, with depiction itself sharply geometric. White text at top. Advertises for the DDR premiere of "Maria Stuart", from Sergej Slonimski.
• Idomeneo/Mozart/Opernhaus Leipzig
  Poster features altered depiction of Venus kneeling in the middle of a scallop shell with cloak or scarf over her shoulders. Image composed entirely of lines, in orange, red, black and white. Sea depicted as a circular vortex around shell. Text in white and red at top. Advertises for Mozart's opera "Idomeneo".
• Landes Theater Halle/Die Insel/Regie: Bernd Stempel Ausstattung: Barbara Albrecht/Die Insel/Athol Fugard & John Kani Winston Ntshona
  Poster features abstract depiction in mostly shades of green of a a featureless individual behind bars. Depiction is placed on background divided horizontally between green and white. Text at bottom in black. Advertises for a performance of "The Island", from Athol Fugard and John Kani, directed by Bernd Stempel.
• Bühnen der Stadt Nordhausen/Ein Kindermärchen in zwei Aufzügen von Peter Hacks/Maries Baby/Uraufführung Regie: Andreas Neu
  Poster is yellow and speckled with black heaviest top left. Text in white on black. Features depiction of Madonna and child, both with red halos and Madonna with red stars surrounding. Advertises for "Marie's Baby", a children's fairytale from Peter Hacks directed by Andreas Neu. Play's premiere. Note: May be signed by artist on back.
• Eine Frau nach Maß/von Nils Werner ž Musik: Siegfried Schäfer/Uraufführung/Metropol/Friedrichstr. 101/102, Kasse 2071739
  Poster is purple with white text at top. Features abstract depiction of woman in aqua with orange hair forming a circular shape. Mandela above her head in center hair part in orange, pink and aqua. Three spotlights emerge from each side of her head. Advertises for the musical "A Woman from Maß", from Nils Werner with Music from Siegfried Schäfer. Play's premiere.
• Musical/Sweet Charity/Coleman Simon/Metropol
  Poster is black with high-contrast portrait in white of a woman's face looking top left. Title at top in shades of yellow and green with purple and aqua text left and right. Advertises for the musical "Sweet Charity" from Neil Simon and Cy Coleman.
• Mein Freund Bunbury/Musical frei nach Oscar Wilde von Helmut Bez und Jürgen Degenhardt Musik von Gerd Natschinski/Metropol/75 Jahre/Friedrichstr. 101/102, Kasse 2071739
  Poster is features black and white photograph of a bearded man in a hat on white circle background, floating above a headless pinstripe suit with bowtie and two floating white gloves on either side. Border in gray with gray text inside. Advertises for the musical "My Friend Bunbury", based on Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest", from Helmut Bez and Jürgen Degenhardt with music from Gerd Natschinski.
• 1797 Franz Schubert 1828/Des Teufels Lustschloß/Uraufführung zum Schubert-Jahr 1978 Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam
  Poster is off-white with black text and heavily hatched depiction in center of a man holdiding a woman in what appears to be a cave. Both are looking left. Advertises for the opera "The Devil's Pleasure Palace", its premiere in celebration of "Schubert Year" 1978.
• Die Übergangsgesellschaft/Volker Braun/Maxim Gorki Theater ž Regie: Thomas Langhoff ž Bühnenbild: Pieter Hein
  Poster is abstract depiction in black and gold, with blue stars and white star outlines superimposed. Gray border, thickest at bottom with black text. Advertises for a performance of "The Transitional Society" directed by Thomas Langhoff.
• Der Untergang/und Bildbeschreibung von Heiner Müller/nach den Troerinnen des Euripides von Walter Jens/Bühnen der Stadt Nordhausen/Regie: Lutz Graf
  Poster is black with beige depiction of cobblestones stippled with varying-sized black dots and what looks like a diapered baby in red upside down near bottom with shadow underneath. Text in white at top and vertical left and right. Advertises for "The Fall", based on "The Trojan Women" of Euripides from Walter Jens.
• Die verkehrte Welt/Theatermärchen von Bez nach Tieck am Theater Greifswald als Uraufführung/Die verkehrte Welt/Theatermärchen von Bez nach Tieck am Theater Greifswald als Uraufführung
  Poster is white with janus-faced cartoon depiction in center of a jester and a king, with profiles rotated and back-to-back. Depiction is surrounded by tight black border, with text on all sides (title in bold black italics, remaindent text in regular print). Advertises for a performance of "The Topsy-Turvy World".
• Woche des Gestischen Theaters/Im Prenzlauer Berg/Künstlerische Leitung Eberhard Kube/Vorverkauf an der Theaterkasse im Palasthotel/30. Juni bis 9. Juli 1989
  Poster is black with text in white, red, and green on all sides. In center is white depiction of a janus-faced head with two hands, palms-up, below. Advertises for "Week of Gestischen Theaters" in the city of Prenzlauer Berg, from Jun 30th through July 9th 1989.
• Theater im Palast/Regie: Barbara Abend/Ausstattung: Gunter Kaiser/Maxim Gorki/Wassa Shelesnowa/(Eine Mutter) Urfassung Deutsch von Rainer Kirsch DDR-Erstaufführung
  Portrait is older, posed black and white portrait of a family, with a thick red circle around a woman, presumably Wassa Shelesnowa. A thick ragged line runs horizontally underneath in fuschia, as if torn, with white underneath it. Text at top and bottom in black on white. Advertises for "Wassa Shelesnowa (A Mother), directed by Barbara Abend, written by Maxim Gorki. Play's premiere in the DDR.
• Christine Schorn Friedo Solter in/Zwei auf einer Bank/Alexander Gelman/Regie: Hellmann Bühne: Šramek/Kammerspiele
  Poster is a pastel (medium) depicton of a park bench with trees behind and a trash can at right with a blue tie hanging out. Text in white and black on white at top, bottom, center left and top right. Advertises for "Two on a Bank", from Alexander Gelman, starring Christine Schorn and Friedo Solter, directed by Hellmann.
• Der Schatten/Märchenkomödie für Erwachsene von Jewgeni Schwarz/Theater der Stadt Cottbus
  Poster is a blue-scale portrait of a spectacled man, with superimposed triangle of repeating close-up images of the man's glasses. Text in white on black at bottom. Advertises for "The Shadow", a fairytale comedy for adults from Jewgeni Schwarz.
• Arthur Miller Tod eines Handlungs-reisenden Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam
  Poster depicts brick walls in black and white, with profile of two suitcases in brown in forefront. Text in black print top right. Advertises for a performance of Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman".
• Maxim Gorki/Jegor Bulytschow und die anderen/Städtische Theater Karl-Marx-Stadt
  Poster is brown with black border. Depicts pencil drawings of various individuals from the play, mostly head and torso portraits. Male indvidual at forefornt with flowered tie. Text in black top right and white (theater) top left. Advertises for the play "Jegor Bulytschow and the Others".
• Die kleine Zauberin/Märchenballett von J. A. Weindich, H. J. Nellesen und F. Dallmann/Friedrich-Wolf-Theater Neustrelitz Uraufführung
  Poster is white depiction of a blonde sorceress holding a wand and a red monster behind. Depiction set inside a gold decoration topped by two creatures crossed between angel and chicken. Title underneath in black script. Advertises for "The Little Sorceress", a fairytale ballet from J. A. Weindich, H. J. Nellesen, and F. Dallmann.
• Der Kirschgarten/Anton Tschechow/Komödie/HansžOttožTheater Potsdam
  Poster is a grainy black and white photograph of a seating arrangement (sofa, chair, table) covered in plastic as if abandoned. Text in red at top. Advertises for the comedy "The Cherry Garden" by Anton Tschechow.
• An den Bühnen der Stadt Gera im Restauranttheater/Uraufführung/Keine Leute keine Leute/Ein Lustspiel von Rudi Strahl Inszenierung Christian Bleyhoeffer Ausstattung Theo Hug Romi Wallat
  Poster is white with red outer border and black inner border. Plack and white charcoal depiction of a headless suit, with yellow speech bubble emerging from neck. Text in black inside. Advertises for the premier of "No People", from Rudi Strahl.
• Böwe Körner Wachowiak Schnitzler Zglinicki Bauer Weinheimer Manz Piontek/Regie Winkelgrund Bühne Heidenreich Musik Hilprecht/Kikerikikeriki/Sean O'Casey/Kaminski Ziethen Schall Lienert Newumann Scholz Sonnenberg Jaster
  Poster features painting outlined in black of farm area with a large rooster startling the inhabitants (some are falling out of their chairs, smoke appears coming from the window of the farmhouse). A French (?) flag in distorited colors. Advertises for a performance of "Kikerikikeri", roughly translated, "cockadoodledoo", the noise a rooster makes.