East German Poster Database

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• Ein Tartüff
  Poster is white with black square bottom center, with red-handled knife. Written on the knife is title of the play, below in white a line for character Rybek. Rybek: Schrecklich, daß die sich der besten Werke bedienen können! Traurig, wie schwach die Kunst ist! Es gibt keinen Bereich des Lebens, der nicht ih
• Theo Adam Peter Schreier Reiner Süss Annelies Burmeister Horst Hiestermann in Einstein Von Paul Dessau und Karl Mickel
  Poster dpeicts a large alligator with open mouth and a small jester about to step off of its snout. White background with black text. Poster advertises for the opera "Einstein".
• Eugen Onegin Komische Oper
  Poster is a black and white photograph of a young woman in a skirt looking through a fence with trees in the background. Poster advertises for a comic opera titled "Eugen Onegin", by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
• Shakespeare Ein Sommernachtstraüm In einer inszenierung von Fritz Wisten
  Poster is white with blue and red text. Depicts a watercolor of a scene from Shakespeare's play, "A Midsummer Night's Dream," with Pan as a donkey and a nude woman.
• Einsame Menschen Gerhart Hauptmann
  Poster is white with black text. Background is comprised of squiggly black lines, some of which are colored in in primary colors. Poster advertises for a play titled "Lonely People" by Gerhart Hauptmann.
• Lustspiel von Rudi Strahl Uraufführung Er ist Wieder Da
  Poster features a cartoon portrait of Karl Marx sticking his tongue out with closed eyes in center. Background is light olive with diagonal beige stripes towards bottom right corner. Title in black and red advertises for a comedy titled "He's back again". Performance's premier.
• Die Ermittlung Oratorium in 11 Gesängen von Peter Weiss
  Poster is white with red rectangle in center. Text in black superimposed. Poster advertises for an oratorio in eleven songs by Peter Weiss, titled "The Investigation".
• Fühlst du nicht das Wehen aus dem Süden?
  Poster is white with black line border, which froms a janus-faced male bottom center. A second individual has been rocketed toward the top left corner. Border is blown open in seeming bloody fashion center right. Two speech bubbles emerge from the figure at bottom, one giving the theater, director, and stage manager. The second gives the title. Poster advertises for a play titled "Do you not feel the wind from the South?"
• [Untitled]
  Blue poster with white, black, and red abstract figures advertising a ballet performance with music by Gioachino Rossini.
• Don Carlos: Giuseppe Verdi
  This poster is white with a red, stylized portrait of Don Carlos on black background. The title is in black above and below the portrait.
• Städtische Theater Karl-Marx-Stadt/Dantons/Tod/Oper von Gottfried von Einem
  Poster is white with painted black border. Depicts abstract red shape in center with blue and red bulls eye. Poster advertises for a opera by Gottfired von Einem.
• La Dama Boba Lope de Vega
  Poster is white with black border. Background is comprised of mostly illegible, handwritten black text guided by horizontal lines. Title at top is wirtten in red and black. Superimposed at bottom left is a red "V" with "Volks Bühne" underneath it.
• Tschechow Drei Schwestern: Im Morgengrauen ist es noch still Wassiljew…
  This poster is sepia photo collage of different women, two of which appear to be holding guns. The poster advertises for play by Russian dramatist Anton Pavlovich Chekhov titled "Three Sisters", to be performed at the German National Theater in Weimar.
• Jean-Claude Grumberg: Dreyfus- Deutsches Theater Im Bat
  This poster is a 3 x 5 grid of sepia photographs of groups of men of different ages. The text in black at top and bottom. It advertises for a play by Jean-Claude Grumberg titled "Dreyfus", to be performed at the Deutsches Theater im Bat.
• Jewgeni Schwarz: Don Quijote- Städtisches Theater Karl-Marx-Stadt
  This poster is brown with black a silhouette of Don Quixote fighting the windmill. Text in black in the top right.
• Volkstheater Rostock/DDR-Erstaufführung/Wladimir Komratow: Die Dritte Leuchkugel
  This poster is a large black and white photograph of three uniformed soldiers from above. The top left corner is red with white text. This poster advertises for a play by Vladimir Komratov titled "The Three Flames", based on a tale by Vassil Bykau, to be performed at the Volkstheater Rostock. This is the plays premier in the DDR.
• Balletkomödie Don Parasol Komische Oper
  This poster depicts the head of an individual in white trousers and patterned tunic with arms outstretched and head covered by the corners of a napkin or handkerchief top center. The background is a burgundy pattern while the text is in white. It advertises for a comic ballet/opera titled Don Parasol.
• Eberhard Esche: Schauspeiler am Deutschen Theater zu Berlin spricht von der Bühne des Hauses herab
  This poster is white with red border. A black and white line drawing of a bearded man in center covering his eyes, with sheets of paper written on in red at his feet. The poster advertises for a play by Heinrich Heine titled "Germany: A Winter Fairytale", to be performed by actors from the Deutsches Theater.
• Diktatur des Gewissens
  This poster is khaki with a black grid covering most of it. The title of performance in purple top left, as if stamped. The poster shows the thickly drawn head and shoulders of a person made of blocks and splotched with purple spray paint, with letters floating around it. Above hangs a light bulb with a red arrow point to it from the top right corner. Poster advertises for a play by Michail Schatrow titled "Dictatorship of the Conscience", to be performed in the Deutsches Theater.
• Balletabend Don Juan und Faust
  Poster is an abstract depiction of a woman with wild hair whose pyramidal dress forms a mountain with several faces embedded with in. Poster advertises for two ballets, Don Juan and Faust, to be performed ad the Deutsche Staatstsoper Berlin.
• Dantons Tod: Ausstellungen bildender Künstler Lenz Woyzeck…
  This poster is black with white bottom right corner. The text in white and orange is of varying size. It advertises for a visual arts exhibition by Lenz Woyzeck; a concert featuring songs from the French Revolution and political songs from 19th century Germany; and a book project. All will take place in one evening at the Staatschauspiel Dresden.
• Grabbe: Don Juan und Faust
  This poster background is purple and white. It features black and white portraits of actresses playing Don Juan (Angelika Waller) and Faust (Ursula Karusseit) respectively. The poster advertises for these two of Grabbe's plays, to be performed at the Volktheater Bühne.
• Drama von Ibsen
  This poster is a blurred out black and white photo background with a large red "V" center bottom. The text at top outlined in green gives the play title with remaining text in black on white background. The poster advertises a performance of what is probably a play written by Henrik Ibsen. Directed by Manfred Karge and Matthias Langhoff.
• Don Carlos
  This poster is black with black and white depiction of a scene from the ply in center (a crowd of people on left with an individual on the ground right and another person standing over them). Superimposed on scene is a large purple "M". The poster advertises for the opera Don Carlos, directed by Schroth, to be performed at the Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater Schwerin.
• Der Drache: Jewgenij Schwarz
  This poster features a gray and black gargoyle with eyes and pupils painted on. The gargoyle is surrounded by green and red paint splotches. The poster advertises for a performance of "The Dragon" by Jewgenij Schwarz at the Friedrich-Wolf-Theater in Neustrelitz.