East German Poster Database

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• Levins Mühle/Oper von Udo Zimmermann/Städtische Theater Karl-Marx-Stadt
  Poster background is brown with black silhouette of a boat in an ocean at bottom and half-moon above. Title in beige letters outlined in black at top, with white text at bottom. Advertises for the opera "Levin's Mill" from Udo Zimmerman.
• Das Land Bum-Bum/Der lustige Musikant Oper für Kinder von Rainer Kirsch & Georg Katzer/und Erwachsene/Ur-aufführung Komsiche Oper
  Outer border is red and white with black inner border. Background is comprised of squiggly diagonal gridlines with title superimposed in handwritten caps at top, first line green with small black dots, second line blue and pruple with large black dots. Remaindent text in various colors below and at bottom. Depicts a man with enourmous ears listening through an ear trumpet. Advertises for the children's opera "The Country Bum-Bum" from Rainer Kirsch and Georg Katzer.
• Ludwig van Beethoven/Leonore/DDR-Erstaufführung/Hans-Otto-Theater Postdam
  Poster is white with black-and-white oval portrait of Beethoven top center. Text in italics at top and bottom with all-caps print directly below portrait. Advertises for the DDR's premiere performance of "Leonore". Black border.
• Sugar/Manche mögen's heiss/Ein Musical von Peter Stone nach dem Film „Some Like it Hot” von Billy Wilder und I. A. L. Diamond basierend auf einer Story von Robert Thoeren/Musik von Jule Styne Gesangstexte von Bob Merrill Deutsch von Peter Ensikat/Die Brod
  Poster is white with musical title at top in alternating green and orange "bubble letters". In center is a depiction of an individual in a black hat with green and orange polka-dot bow and black sunglasses. Red lips indicated individual is female but black stubble in chin area indicates male. Below are two oranges situated in manner of a bikini top. Text in black beneath title and at bottom. Advcertises for the musical "Sugar" based on the film "Some Like it Hot" from Billy Wilder and I. A. L. DIaomnd, directed and choreographed by Gower Champion with music from Jule Styne, lyrics from Bob Merrill, and German translation from Peter Ensikat.
• Stueck von Gerhard Winterlich ž fuer die Volksbuehne bearbeitet von Heiner Mueller und anderen/Horiztone/Mit Angelika Domroese Susanne Duellmann Marion van de Kamp Ursula Karusseit Wolfgang Lohse Wilfried Ortmann Helmut Strassburger Hans Teuscher Werner T
  Poster is off-white with text in black on random rectangular irridescent silver shapes outlined in black. Name of play in red outlined in black also on silver shapes. Advertises for the play from Gerhard Winterlich titled "Horizons".
• Hermannsschlacht/Die Hermannsschlacht/Heinrich von Kleist Ein Drama/Kleist Theater
  Poster background is white with black and gray lines and splotches. Text superimposed in gray and black reads "Hermannsschlacht" (Hermann Battle). Portion extending from right in black with red inner border and white outer border appears to have been torn out, with remaining text in handwritten-script in whtie. Black border at bottom of poster with theater name bottom right in white. Advertises for the drama "Hermann Battle' from Heinrich von Kleist.
• Der Holzgeschnitzte Prinz/Bartok/Der Narr/Prokofjew/Ballett/Komische Oper
  Poster is white with black border. Depicts a face in center wich is divided vertically; right half is a clown with white background, left half is a king with black shadow behind. Text in black top and bottom. Advertises for "The Woodchip Prince" from Bartok, and "The Fool" from Prokofjew; the former is a ballet the latter a comic opera.
• Molière ž Herr von Pourceaugnac/Mecklenburgishces Staatstheater Schwerin
  Poster background is comprised of black and white dots that fade from black on white at top to white on black at cottom. Text in black on yellow at top. Depicts a man's head with gray wig with nose turned up and mouth open to reveal another white face inside. Advertises for Molière's "Man from Pourceaugnac".
• Bulgakowi/Tscherwinski/Volksbühne/Hundeherz
  Poster background is grayish white. Portrait of a bald female head lower left, comprised of collage of lines, numbers, and images. Different intersecting black lines throughout poster, with theater handwritten in black top right and title in black print on white top left and bottom right. Advertises for a performance of "Dog Heart", from Bulgakow and Tscherwinski.
• Hans im Märchen/Gerd Knappe/Theater der Freundschaft ž Berlin
  Poster is white with children's book-style depiction of three fairytales, divided into rows. The first depicts a boy with a bag over his shoulder walking right amidst farm animals. The second depicts a girl about to accept an apple from an old woman, with castle in background (Snow White?). The third depicts a man with a sickle about to attack a demon, with an apple tree between. Text in black italics top and bottom. Advertises for the performance of "Hans in Fairytales" from Gerd Knappe.
• Heloisa und Abaelard/Stefan Schütz Uraufführung im Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam/Inszenierung: Rolf Winkelgrund Ausstattung: Jürgen Heidenreich Heloisa: Anne-Else Paetzold Abaelard: Hermann Beyer a.G. Fulbert: Günter Ringe Ulrich Anschütz, Eckard Becker, Detl
  Poster is olive green with red two-dimensional depiction of a human face cradled by some form of anthropomorphic monster, with mouth open as if about to consumer the first. Text in white and black at top, black at bottom. Advertises for the Premiere of Stefan Schütz's play "Heloisa and Abaelard".
• Städtische Bühnen Erfurt ž Schauspeilhaus/György Spiró ž Hühnerköppe/DDR-Erstaufführung/Regie Ekkehard Kiesewetter
  Poster is white with black and white photo composition in center of newspaper with two fish skeletons laying across and a baby doll with separated arms and a rope noose around its neck. Photo has black border. Text in black top and bottom. Advertises for the play "chicken heads" from György Spiró. Play's premiere in the DDR.
• Die Hochzeit des Figaro- Komische Oper
  This poster features black clouds at top with a pyramid of black and white depictions of characters from the opera below. The prominent character (Figaro?) has a halo of white light behind his head, with white rays emanating out and down to edges of poster. Variously colored arrows also emerge from behind character's head and wrap around and through other characters. The text is in white italics at the top. This poster advertises for the opera from Mozart "The Marriage of Figaro".
• Die Hose: von Carl Sternheim- in den Kammerspielen der Städtischen Bühnen Quedlinburg
  This poster is gray with a depiction of a woman in a green hat sketched in a white dress and black gloves looking down with her face obscured. Portraits of three identical bald men are at the bottom right looking up at woman in white. The title is in black vertical text on the left and top right. Two red lines sit vertical on either side of woman. Advertises for the play "The Pants" from Carl Sternheim.
• HTSTATT- Leipziger Theater- Schauspeilhaus, DDR-Erstaufführung
  This poster features a white background with a sketched image of a man whose hanging from his arms, with his head down. The text is in black and is located at the top of the poster.
• Claus Hammel: Humboldt und Bolivar oder Der Neue Continent- Volkstheater Rostock
  This poster features a painting of a coastal town in the midst of various violent activities, including a hanging, a man fighting a monster, a robbery, etc. The text is in white at the top and bottom. This poster advertises "Humboldt and Bolivar or The New Continent", from Claus Hammel, produced by Hanns Anselm Perten.
• Hotel Astoria: Schauspiel von Alexander Stein- Das Meininger Theater
  This poster is black with a spray-painted red border. Black and white photographic portraits of various individuals are inside the white inner border (dashed at bottom) depicting only faces. The text is in white around the white border. This poster advertises for the DDR premiere of "Hotel Astoria" from Alexander Stein.
• Kammerspiele- Andreas Gryphius: Horribili Cribrifax- Schertz-Spiel
  This poster is beige with a white rectangle at top depicting black and white male doll wearing a ruffled collar and hat. The text below is in black and red. This poster advertises for "Horribili Cribrifax" from Andreas Gryphius, directed by Alexander Lang.
• Mozart: Die Hochzeit des Figaro- Theater der Stadt Cottbus
  This poster is burnt red with a black and white profile portrait of Mozart at the top center. The title is in light yellow above and below. This poster advertises for performance of "The Marriage of Figaro".
• Himmelfahrt zur Erde: frei nach Antonows Erzählung „Der zerrissene Rubel”: von Armin Stolper- Uraufführung
  This poster is beige with a red inner border and red-orange outer border. It features a cartoon depiction at top of man sitting on a wheeled cart holding the reigns attached to winged tanks and cracking a whip. The title below is in the colors of the border with remaining text in black script. This poster advertises for "Sky-ride to Earth", based on the story from Sergej Antonow, from Armin Stolper.
• Volker Braun: Hinze und Kunze- Städtische Theater Karl-Marx-Stadt
  This poster is beige with a black wood block print at bottom of two men. The one on the right has his arm around the one at left and is pointing right, while the one at the left is looking up and raising his hand to the sun. The text is in black at the top. This poster advertises for the premiere of "Dick and Harry" from Volker Braun.
• Hamlet: Shakespeare- Müller- Leipziger Schauspiel
  This poster is mainly white with black text, with the bottom-right corner torn to reveal an inverse color scheme. It advertises for "Hamlet" by Shakespeare, directed by Müller.
• Stefan Schütz: Der Hahn- Neue Szene- Leipziger Schauspiel
  This poster features black and white depiction of two males; the one on the right has his right arm raised, the one on the left has his right arm bent toward head, which is obscured by a bird and covered in red. His left leg has become a bird's foot. The text is in black at the top, bottom, and left. This poster advertises for Stefan Schütz's "The Hen", directed by D. Kunze.
• Hänsel Gretel: Märchenoper von Humperdinck- Theater der Bergarbeiter Senftenberg
  This poster's background is khaki. It depicts a cartoon of a witch bent over and using a cane. The witch is dressed in a patched red hat and green coat with multiple buttons and a badge saying "Best Witch of the Week". Mushrooms and flowers sprout from her shoulders. A large piece of gingerbread is settled under her left arm. This poster advertises for the "fairytale opera" "Hansel and Gretel" from Humperdinck.
• Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar- Hayanvadana: Schauspiel von Girish Karnad
  This poster is black with depiction of head of white winged horse looking toward top left. The text is in white caps at the top and bottom. This poster advertises for the play "Hayavadana" from Girish Karnad and was the play's premiere in the DDR.