East German Poster Database

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• Karel Čapek Gabriele Bigott/Wie ein Theater Stück entsteht/Die Direktion beehrt sich, einem geneigten Publikum ein Stück yu präsentieren, das nach Prosatexten des Hrn. Čapek von Fr. Bigott für unsere Bühne verfertigt wurde. Dazu Lieder! Verwendung finden
  Poster is white with black text. Word `theater´ at top of poster is drawn in tree branches, and black line drawing illustrations at bottom of a man with a ladder, a man and a clown holding a drum between them, and a witch blowing a trumpet. Advertises for `How a Theater Pieces is Created´, from Karel Čapek and Gabriele Bigott.
• Alexander Gelman/Wir, die Endes-unterzeichnenden
  Poster is yellow with black text and black/yellow depiction of four hands emerging toward viewer from between what appear to be plywood boards. One is holding a folded ruler, one a beer bottole, one is writing with a pen on a sheet of paper, and one is holding up a board. Advertises for "We, the Undersigned" from Alexander Gelman.
• Jura Soyfer: Verdrängte Jahre Österreich zwischen den Weltkriegen- Eine szenische Collage, Musik: Gruppe "Schmetterlinge", in der "Distel"
  This poster depicts three men in a band, one playing accordion, another guitar, another an unidentified instrument. All three are wearing black suits with hats, similarly in alpine fashion. Two bottles of wine site before them. They appear to be floating on an ice floe amidst a sea of broken ice floes. The text is in red at the bottom. This poster advertises for a "collage of scenes" titled "Ousted Years", a picture of Austria between the two world wars. From Jura Soyfer with music by the group "Butterflies".
• Wir haben noch reserven
  Poster is black with white text at top. Features cartoon depiction of a woman in a white and purple diagonally striped shirt. Woman has cut a large upside-down leaf pattern from the center of her shirt and placed the cut out between her legs. She holds a purple flower between her teeth. Text reads "We Have Reserves".
• Eine weihnachtliche Geschichte für Kinder von 6 bis 12 Jahren/Märchenzirkus/Buch: Hannes Hüttner/Musik: Henry Krtschil/Regie: Margot Schäfer/1. bis 4., 8., 9., 11. Dez. 1987, jeweils 16 Uhr 5., 12. Dez. 1987, jeweils 13 und 16 Uhr 6., 13. Dez. 1987, jewei
  Poster is blue with yellow stars scattered in background. Depicts an anthropomorphized frog wearing a black and green striped suit and black top hat. On left side of hat brim stands a witch, and a small Santa figure on the right side. Title in yellow shadowed/outlined in black on yellow banner across top. Remaining text in corners and left and right side of frog. Advertises for a performance of "Fairy Tale Circus", a Christmas story for children from 6 to 12 years old, directed by Margot Schäfer.
• Joachim Brehmer/Der Mensch ist kein Schmetterling/Uraufführung Städtische Theater Karl-Marx-Stadt
  Poster is green with red border. Depicts profile of bald head in white with polluting smokestacks drawin in gray inside. A red butterfly cut-out is between head and black text at top. Advertises for the premiere of Joachim Brehmer's "Mankind is no Butterfly".
• My Fair Lady, Nach George Bernard Shaws „Pygmalion” und dem Film von Gabrial Pascal, Buch von Alan Jay Lerner- Landestheater Halle
  This poster is pink with a black silhouette of a woman in a hat facing right at top, and an flipped mirror image of the same woman in a more ragged hat with frazzled hair at the bottom. Between them is title in white outlined in black, with reflected outline below. the remaining text is at the bottom in black. This poster advertises for a performance of the play "My Fair Lady" after George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion" and the film by Gabriel Pascal. Music from Frederick Loewe and German translation from Robert Gilbert.
• Maxim Gorki Theater- Studiobühne, Monolog für 2, Uraufführung: von Victor Contreras mit Jörg Gudzuhn
  This poster is divided horizontally between a blue-white sky background and pale green for the ground. A double-headed figure in a vest and tie stands in center, with both heads facing toward each other and a rainbow connecting their mouths. The text is in black above and below the figure. Poster has a white border surrounding it. This poster advertises for the premiere of "Monologue for Two", from Victor Contreras with Jörg Gudzuhn.
• Montagabend-Armin Stolper: Dienstreisende- Gespräche zwischen Gubanow und Nitoschkin Inszenierung: Günter Rüger Ausstattung: Eva Müller Es spielen: Eckhard Müller Hans-Jochen Röhrig und Getraud Kreißig- Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam
  This poster is light blue with a darker blue grid superimposed and blue architectural plans in the center. A large black letter "M" is outlined in black at top with "Montagabend" (Monday Evening) below in black. A black sketch of a stylized sculpture torso atop a large die, with playwright and title is below in black. The remaining text is in blue and the theater name at very bottom in black. This poster advertises for "Business Travelers", conversations between Gubanow and Nitotschkin, produced by Günter Rüger and starring Eckhard Müller.
• Ferdinand wird Vater?: Kinder-revue- Friedrichstadtpalast
  This poster is black with a white script text written as if on a chalkboard. It depicts a child with a green pacifier, red clown nose, and clown-like orange hair. This poster advertises for "Ferdinand is my Father?" a children's revue. The theater's name features at bottom in yellow on red.
• 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".
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Armin Stolper: Das Gemälde- Nach Daniil Granin- Hans-Otto Potsdam Theater
  This poster features three diagonal beige lines with green and white photographs between each. On first line is pink and green text announcing name of performance and author, with inspiring author. The left portion of the text has been cut off. Next line is the same with inverse colors. Bottom line has colors of the first, and announces the theater. Advertises for "The Painting", by Armin Stolper, and inspired by a work by Daniil Granin. This was the play's premier performance in the GDR.
• Garage: Satirische Komödie von Emil Braginiskij-Eldar Rjasanow- Theater der Stadt Cottbus
  This poster is black with a central part appearing to have been ripped away, revealing a pink grid on white. Superimposed is an image of a yellow vehicle engulfed in the mouth of a blue hippopotamus, which is standing on a black road drawn underneath. The text is in black on white at the bottom. This poster advertises for the Soviet satirical comedy "Garage" from Emil Braginskij and Eldar Rjasnaow.
• Landestheater Halle/im Goethe-Theater Bad Lauchstädt- Von Mai bis September- Theseus: Oper von Händel/ Der eifersüchtige Liebhaber: Komische Oper von Grétry/ Triumph der Empfindsamkeit: Grille von Goethe/ Das Jahrmarktsfest zu Plundersweilern: Stück von Hacks
  This poster is light gray with black text. It depicts a building in classic Greek style with a large arch and steps beneath. Underneath the arch is a gold on brown design, with text in the remaining white space. The text alternates between Gothic script and print. This poster advertises for performances from May through September in the Goethe-Theater Bad Lauchstädt, including the opera "Theseus" from Händel, "The Jealous Lover", a comic opera from Grétry, "The Triumph of Sensibility" from Goethe, and "The Yearly Market Fest to Plunder" from Peter Hacks.
• Oper von Georg Katzer ž Libretto Gerhard Müller/Gastmahl/oder/Über die Liebe/Uraufführung Apollo-Saal
  Poster is black with depiction of an individual robed in Greek style with a pig head, which is decorated with garlands and feathers. Advertises for the opera "Symposium" or "About Love" from Georg Katzer. Play's premiere.
• Was rechts zu wissen/ich könnt was lehrer/rn und zu bekehren/eder Gut noch Geld/rrlichkeit der Welt/Hund so länger leben/nich der Magie ergeb/Geistes Kraft und Mu/heimniß werde kund/saurem Schweiß/was ich nicht weiß/e was die Welt/zusammenh/kraft un/Worte
  Poster is largely a compilation of medieval meteoric/astronomic imagery pritned in black and gray. Top right imagery appears to have been ripped away to reveal a red layer with black printed text (sentences are incomplete as we are unable to see the entire layer). Possibly from the play. Title and details of performance at bottom with play title in 3D red letters outlined in black and remaining text in black on red. Advertises for a performance of "Faust" by Goethe.
• Ballett 88/Uraufführung/Bühnen der Stad Gera/Viel Beine - Viel Sinn/Einie Nacht Orpheus/Zwei Ballette von Inge Berg-Peters und Wolfgang Ranke Musik Bohuslav Marinu/Choreographie und Inszenierung Inge Berg-Peters Musikalische Leitung Michael Stolle/Bühnenb
  Poster is black with two black and white portraits of two middle-age men [?] with longer hair. Only left and right halves of faces are visible respectively, as they are bisected by a black rectangle with text depicted in white and blue. At bottom is the upside-down head of a Greek statue in black and white. Advertises for "Ballet 88" which features two performances: "Many Legs - Many Sins" and "A Night of Orpheus", both by Inge Berg-Peters.
• Bläserquintett/der Mecklenburgischen Staatskapelle Schwerin/1958 1983
  Poster is black with circular design in gray in center: Circle has five lines of similar width except for fourth, which is thicker, emerging from left side and stretching across center. Lines bend outward toward top and bottom and stop before reaching right side. Text in gold and gray at top. Poster celebrates 25 years of the Mecklenburg State Orchestra's Wind Quintet in Schwerin.
• Kammeroper von Schenker/Mickel/Musikalische Leitung: Bahner/Regie: M. Dessau/Bühne: Neumann/Bettina/Theater im Palast
  Poster features abstract depiction of three asexual figures, two of which are partially submerged in what appears to be water and the third is walking on the surface. A Greek structure with four columns in gold is visible in backgroudn center right. Sky is depicted as gray with white stars and perhaps three black crescent moons. Text in scrawled black script on all sides. Advertises for the play "Bettina" directed by M. Dessau.
• Theater der Stadt Cottbus/Cromwell/Schauspeil von Christoph Hein Uraufführung
  Poster background is black and red high contrast photograph of a battlefield, with cannons, corpses, and birds. Superimposed is a black and white period depiction of Cromwell in armor, holding a sword, divided between top and bottom. Text in white in center. Advertises for the play "Cromwell" from Christoph Hein. Play's premiere.
• Maxim Gorki Theater Barbaren von Maxim Gorki
  Poster background is watercolor pastels, divided in center between blue/white (sky) and gray/pink (land). A black outlined railroad track disappears into the horizon line, with the gray front of an anthropomorphized train featuring large circular hole in center. Train appears to be loaded with trash on top. Shadow of a person in front of the train where the track breaks off. Title in black at top and bottom. Advertises for the play "Barbarians" from Maxim Gorki.
• Ballettabend '82- Béla Bartók: Der holzgeschnitze Prinz, Boris Blacher: der Mohr von Venedig - Bühnen der Stadt Gera
  This poster is pea green with a black, almost stick-figure depiction of a king with a yellow crown doing a handstand. The king's lower torso/legs form the negative space between two faces in profile looking at each other (in green). A black border is at the top with white text. This poster advertises for an "Evening of Ballet" featuring "The Woodchip Prince" and "The Moor of Venice".