East German Poster Database

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• Die Aula: Hermann Kant- Maxim Gorki Theater
  This poster is black with a white elongated octagon in center and the title in black. Superimposed (as if painted on it) is author's name and a red arrow pointing to the left. This poster advertises for a play titled "The Auditorium", based on the novel by Hermann Kant.
• Armer Ritter von Peter Hacks- Theater der Stadt Cottbus
  This poster is blue with a navy border. It depicts a man holding the head of a green dragon on a stick above his head. The text is in green at bottom of the poster. This poster advertises for a performance of "The Poor Knight" from Peter Hacks.
• Aida: Giuseppe Verdi- Theater Cottbus
  This poster is a deep red with a red-orange and black depiction of the Egyptian sphinx. The sphinx is partially obscured by an elongated rectangle that stretches from center of poster to bottom and colored in red-orange gradient. The title is at top in orange with Verdi's name and theater in red orange at the left and right. It advertises for a performance of "Aida". This poster possibly signed on back.
• Aus einem Totenhaus: Oper von Leoš Janáček- Städtische Theater Karl-Marx-Stadt
  This poster is dark gray and depicts a black silhouette of a large bird flying past a yellow moon. Small silhouettes of hills are in black at the bottom. The text is in black with black borders in a white rectangle at the bottom center. It advertises for an opera titled "House of the Dead", from Leoš Janáček.
• Aschen Brödel: Ein Puppenspiel von Inge Borde- Klein nach Jewgeni Schwarz- Amateurpuppentheater des zentralen Hauses der DSF, Berlin
  This poster is coral in color and in the center depicts a pair of jesters' hands (belled sleeves) each holding a heeled shoe, the left one sparkly and new, and the right one old and decrepit. The text is in black at the top and bottom and advertises for the puppet play "Aschen Brödel", from Inge Borde-Klein based on the work by Jewgeni Schwarz. The puppet play was put on by the House of German-Soviet Friendship (run by the Gesellschaft für Deutsch-Sowjetische Freundschaft).
• ¡Ay, Don Perlimplin! Opera grotesque von Rolf Hoyer, für Schauspierl, Intrumente nach Federico Garcia Lorca und Tonband Musikalische Leitung und Einstudierung: Susanne Stelzenbach- Maxim Gorki Theater
  This poster depicts a faceless individual wrapped in a red cloak with a heart in center of its chest. To the left is a skeleton holding a dagger pointed toward them, and on the right is a nude woman wearing a transparent skirt, with arms crossed and head leaning to her left. The title of play at top as if on a banner, with the remaining text at the bottom as if on a scroll. This poster advertises for the Spanish opera "Oh, Don Pemperlin!", from Rolf Hoyer.
• Aloen: Kammerspiele, Athol Fugard
  This poster is black and abstractly depicts an individual at the bottom on their hands in knees in red and black segments. The play title is in red above, with playwritght in brown outlined in white top left. This poster advertises for a performance of Othol Fugard's "Aloen".
• Agrippina: Oper von Georg Friedrich Handel- Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar
  this poster is composed of a blue-green background and four beige-gold columns in the foreground. Animated beige-gold sculptures look out from behind the columns in the midst of different activities (i.e., kissing, conversing, exchanging an item, etc.). The text is at top in black and at the right in red. This poster advertises for Händel's opera "Agrippina".
• Anna Karenina: Schauspiel nach Tolstoi von M. Rostschin- DDR-Erstaufführung, Bühnen der Stadt Magdeburg
  This poster is beige and printed in grayscale. It depicts a woman carrying an umbrella under her arm, faceless except for her eyes. Below the title at the top right is a portrait of Tolstoy. The remaining text is in the lower right corner. This poster advertises for a performance of "Anna Karenina" from M. Rostschin and was the play's premiere in the DDR.
• Acts und Galatea: Pastoral von Georg Friedrich Hände-l nebst dem Intermezzo, Die Listige Magd von Johann Adolf Hasse- Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin
  This poster is white with a pink oval in center outlined in black with a gold outer border forming a geometric design at top, right, bottom and left. The text is in a black serif font inside the oval. In the titles of the performances the test is divided horizontally so that it is solid at top, but floral patterned at bottom. This poster advertises for Händel's "Acts and Galatea" and "The Crafty Maid" from Johann Adolf Hasse.
• Amphitryon: Ein Lustspiel nach Moliere von Heinrich v. Kleist- Im Maxim Gorki Theater
  This poster is blue-gray and depicts the hatched outline of a male torso minus arms. The head seemingly detached floats above with no outside outline, and yellow snakes emerging from the top like hair. A white border with same blue-gray text is at the top and bottom, with title of play in white superimposed on image ("O" forms a wreath). This advertises for a performance of Amphitryon from Molière and Heinrich von Kleist.
• Außerhalb von Schuld von Uwe Saeger
  This poster is white, and depicts a yellow table with black and white figures (many in hats) gathered around the bottom, and three figures at the top: one with possible a patch over his right eye and one who appears to be sulking and facing away from the other two. The text is in black outlined in yellow at the top. It advertises for a play titled "Outside of Debt", from Uwe Saeger.
• Werner Egk: Abraxas Ballett- Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin
  This poster depicts a hollow bust of a male human head with a chipped nose. Out of the head emerges snakes which resemble brains, along with roses, stars, and pearls. The background is divided vertically into a sky with a rainbow and a green background with jagged black arrows pointing outward. Flowers flow toward the former, snakes and pearls toward the latter. The text is at the bottom in white on black, black on blue, and gray on yellow, with theater name torp left in black on pink. This poster advertises for the ballet "Abraxas" from Werner Egk.
• Antigonä: Hölderlin nach Sophokles- Landestheater Halle, Neues theater
  This poster is white with yellow polka dots. There are black painted lines that run abstractly throughout in no discernable pattern. The title text is white on red, with director and stage director in white on black. This poster advertises for a performance of the tragedy of Antigone, directed by Alexander Stillmark.
• Der Aufstieg auf Den Fudschijama: Aimatow- Städtische Theater Karl-Marx-Stadt
  This poster is gray with an iridescent gold trapezoid in center representing Mt. Fuji. Red horizontal lines bend upward and follow trapezoid shape almost to its top. A halo of smoke sits above the trapezoid. The text is in black on the left, right, and bottom. This poster advertises for a play titled "The Ascent of Mt. Fuji", by Aimatow and Muhamedshanow.
• Amphitryon: Komödie in 3 Akten von Armin Stolper- Landes Theater Halle
  This poster is red with an off-white vertical segment depicting Zeus in purple with a red toga about to fall through a hole in the floor of the sky toward earth, where more purple inhabitants point upward in anticipation. The text is in black script at the top and bottom. This poster advertises for the comedy "Amphitryon".
• Mozart: Apollo & Hyazinth- Im Goethe Theater Bad Lauchstädt
  This poster features a painted profile of a man in blue, green and red. The man has long hair and is wearing a headband. He is looking at a bird, also painted in profile, mostly black with a band of red feathers at its neck. The text is in black at the top and top right. This poster advertises for Mozart's opera "Apollo and Hyacinth".
• Der Arme Konrad: Jean Kurt Forest, Friedrich Wolf- Friedrich-Wolf-Theater Neustrelitz
  This poster is a black and white photograph of a nude male from behind tied in rope with orange streaks randomly running across. The title is in white on black at the top and bottom. It advertises for a performance of "The Poor Konrad" by Jean Kurt Forest and Friedrich Wolf.
• Johannes Felsenstein Präsentiert: Alexis Zorba, Buch: Joseph Stein, Musik: John Kander, Gesangstexte: Fred Ebb
  This poster is a black and white block print of Greek rural life. It advertises for a musical titled "Alexis Zorba" from Joseph Stein, based on the novel by Nikos Kazantzakis and music by John Kander. This was the musical's premiere in the DDR. the poster is in two pieces.
• Werner Egk: Abraxas- Dramatisches Ballet- Landes Theater Halle
  This poster is black with a red stippled depiction of a ballerina's legs on point. The title is in white and red vertical text at left, with remaining text in red at right. This poster advertises for a performance of the ballet "Abraxas" from Werner Egk.
• Aimatow, Muhamedshanow- DDR-Erstaufführung: Der auf stieg auf den Fudschi Jama- Leipziger Theater Neue Szene
  This poster background is a blue-green gradient that starts as bright green at the top and descends into navy at the bottom. The title is in thick black pyramidal-stacked letters, with the remaining text in black at the top and bottom. This poster advertises for the performance "That Went up to Mt. Fuji", from Aitmatow and Muhamedshanow.
• Benjamin Britten: Albert Herring, Komische Oper- Theater der Stadt Cottbus
  This poster is green with a cartoon portrait of a male with close-cropped hair and a dark green bow tie, with white wings on either side. A laurel halo floats above. This poster is bordered by a rough green outline with trumpeting cherubim in each corner. The text is in dark green gothic script at the top and bottom. It advertises for the comic opera "Albert Herring" from Benjamin Britten.
• Die acht Frauen: Kriminalkomödie von Robert Thomas- Theater der Stadt Cottbus
  This poster depicts the mirror images of the same building in blue-scaled photograph, divided by a white zipper. The zipper has been pulled down halfway to reveal a red textured background. The text is in gray at the top which advertises for a comedy titled "The Eight Women" from Robert Thomas.
• Oper von Giuseppe Verdi: Aida- Hans-Otto Theater Potsdam
  This poster is mostly a yellow-beige with green stripes going in various directions from a center segment. Inside the segment are two palm trees on either side, with the opera title in large white letters. Outside the segment on either side is the remaining text in same green as the stripes. Advertises for a performance of Verdi's "Aida".
• Armer Ritter: Ein Kindermärchen in fünf Akten von Peter Hacks- im Maxim Gorki Theater
  This poster is brown and depicts a barefoot man in white with black hair and goatee, outlined in black. A knight's helmet is behind him to the left and a glove hanging down to the right. The man is holding a hat, apparently for donations. The text borders the image on all sides, with bottom text at the corners. It advertises for a "children's fairytale" titled "The Poor Knight", from Peter Hacks and directed by Karin Gregorek.