East German Poster Database

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• Puppenjazz / Hermann Naehring - Percussion / Dietrich Petzold - Violin / Peter Waschinsky - Puppenspiel + Aktion
  Black and White poster with large black letters and a photo copy of a newspaper which is partially scratched out. The title is Puppenjazz. The three names at the top are the performers: a percussionist, a violinist and a puppeteer. Box 5.
• Der zerbrochne Krug / Lustspiel von Heinrich von Kleist / Städtischen Bühnen Quedlinburg
  White poster with black and yellow letters and red splatter. Poster advertises the play “Der zerbrochene Krug” (The Broken Jug) by Heinrich von Kleist. Box 5.
• Heinrich Schütz
  Portrait of composer Heinrich Schütz. This poster could be for a concert but there is no information besides the picture and Schütz's name. Box 5.
• George Frideric Handel
  Portrait of composer George Frideric Handel. This poster could be for a concert but there is no information besides the picture and Handel's name. Box 5.
• Johann Sebastian Bach
  Portrait of composer Johann Sebastian Bach. This poster could be for a concert but there is no information besides the picture and Bach's name. Box 5.
• Die Oper spielt verrückt / Rufen Sie Herrn Plim / Hin und zurück / Egon und Emilie
  Poster is black and white. It is either advertising a night of operas, or an ongoing schedule of performances. There is a picture of two stereotypical opera viking-like characters tied up in a bundle of rope. The large black title of the poster says “Die Oper spielt verrückt” meaning “Opera gone mad”. Box 5.
• Pablo Neruda / Glanz und Tod des Joaquin Murieta / Coproduktion Deutsch-Sorbisches Volkstheater Bautzen Verlag Volk und Welt Berlin
  Black poster with green and white letters. The poster advertises a German production of a play by Pablo Neruda “Glanz und Tod des Joaquin Murieta”. The middle of the poster shows the face of a man and a horse in the night sky, above a river bed. Poster is double sided, and the box includes a program with a picture of Neruda and translated writings by Neruda. Box 5.
• Verlieb dich nicht in eine Helige / Metropol
  Green background with the picture of a woman in dressed in purple medieval-style clothes holding up a portable radio. The poster advertises a musical comedy called “Verlieb dich nicht in eine Heilige” (Don't fall in love with a saint) by Claus-Ulrich Wiesner. Box 5.
• Garage / Satirische Kömodie von Emil Braginskij/Eldar Rjasnow / Deutsch von Rüdiger Volkmer / Städtische Bühnen Quadlinburg Kammerspiele
  Black, pink, white and red poster. Picture shows a drawing of a building with wings flying above a crowd of shadow people reaching up towards it. The center of the poster has a road running down the middle of it and dissipating into the crowd. The poster advertises a comedic play which is adapted from a Russian film directed by Eldar Rjasanow and written by Emil Braginskij. The German adaptation is written by Rüdiger Volkmer. Box 5.
• Die Laune des Verliebten / Ein Studiobühnen-Abend mit Texten von, mit and über Herrn Johann Wolfgang Goethe
  White poster with green letters. Picture shoes a man looking out a green window into a pink sky. Poster advertises an evening of works “by, with and about” Johann Wolfgang Goethe. Illustration by J.H.W. Tischbein Box 5.
• Till Eulenspiegel / Das Spiel vom argen Schalk im Harzer Bergtheater Thale / Stück von Albert R. Pasch und W. Rinecker
  White poster with orange and black letters. At the top, the title “Till Eugenspiegel” is written in large orange letters. Underneath there is an orange picture of a Till, who l looks like a Medieval jester and is holding an owl in one hand (Eule) and a mirror in the other (Spiegel). The play is based on the folktales about this character and is written by Albert R. Pasch and W. Rinecker. Box 5.
• Die Blume Von Hawaii / Musikalische Komödie / Oper Leipzig
  Blue poster with white and yellow letters. The center of the poster shows a dark blue sky with white clouds. The poster is bifurcated by a yellow line. The title at the top is “Die Blume von Hawaii” (The Flower of Hawaii). The poster does not list the composer. Oversize.
• Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe / Leipziger Theater Schauspielhaus / Faust / Der Tragödie Zweiter Teil
  Red, white and black poster. In the center of the poster large black letters spell out Faust. The poster advertises a performance of Faust II (Zweiter Teil) by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe. Oversize.
• Leipziger Theater- Trauminsel: Musikalische Komödie Operatte von Gilbert und Per Schwenzen
  This poster has a white background with black letters, blue, orange and red colors. The center of the poster is a drawing of a bird in black, orange, red and blue. The poster advertises for the musical comedy “Trauminsel” (Dream Island).
• Internationale Tage Der Pantomime - 10 Jahre DT-Pantomime-Ensemble am Deutschen Theater, Kammerspiele
  This poster has a white background with black border, black and orange letters and a large orange arrow. It advertises a week long pantomime theater festival and lists the program along the bottom in smaller letters, to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of the Deutsches Theater Pantomime Ensemble.
• Kurt Tucholsky: Schloß Gripsholm- Theater der Stadt Cottbus
  This poster has a light green-yellow background with a white silhouette of a person, lifting open a book in the center of their chest which reveals a woman's face in green, white, and purple. Below there is the name of the play “Schloß Gripsholm” (Gripsholm Castle) based on the novel by Kurt Tucholsky.
• Così fan tutte / So Machen's Alle: Drama Giocoso von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart- Landestheater Halle
  This poster has a white background with black text. In the center there is a cartoon of a man, presumably Mozart himself with a pink face, a white wig with black dots, wearing a black coat. The poster advertises Mozart's opera “Cossi Fan Tutte”.
• Joachim Knauth: Der Maulheld: Komödie nach dem Miles Gloriosus des Titus Maccus Plautus- Theater Der Freundschaft
  This poster features a black border around a grey center. In the center there is an open mouth with red lips, containing the title “Der Maulheld” (The Mouth Hero) in large gray letters. The play is by Joachim Knauth, based on the play Miles Gloriosus by Titus Macchus Plautus.
• Madame Butterfly: Oper Von Puccini- Landestheater Halle
  This poster has a cream colored background with black text. There are twin black bars on the top left corner with brown letters spelling out the name of the opera “Madame Butterfly”. There is an Asian woman's face on the right and a butterfly in the center. This poster advertises the opera by Puccini of the same title as the poster.
• Moses und Aron: Arnold Schönberg- Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin
  This poster has a black background with white letters and a large center image that looks like the libretto for an opera that has been scratched and crossed out, probably a picture of Arnold Schönberg's own work. Poster advertises Arnold Schönberg's opera “Moses und Aron”.
• Henrik Ibsen: Die Meerfrau- Bühnen der Stadt Gera
  This poster has a white background with black text. In the center there is a black and white photograph of a hallway leading to double doors leading to a white void. The poster advertises Henrik Ibsen's play “The Lady from the Sea” (Die Meerfrau).
• Puccini: Madam Butterfly- Oper, Hans-Otto-Theater, Potsdam
  This poster has a white background speckled with dots of blue, red and black. In the middle there is a butterfly impaled on a stick. It advertises Puccini's opera Madam Butterfly, to be performed at the Hans-Otto-Theater in Potsdam.
• Theater der Bergarbeiter Senftenberg- Christoph Hein nach J.M.R. Lenz: Der Neue Menoza
  This poster has a black background with white letters and a blue, green and orange colored depiction of a room, possibly in a palace of some kind, with large blue windows and a large orange square in the middle. Advertises a play called “Der Neue Menoza” by Jakob (J.M.R.) Lenz.
• Neues Theater / Landes Theater Halle aus unserem Angebot:
  This poster is white with a black border and lines, separating out different segments of text that feature different theater pieces. There is Rückkopplung by Alexander Gelman, Was das für Zeiten waren by Joh. Conrad und Peter Sodann, Picknick im Felde by Fernando Arrabal, and Hinkemann by Ernst Toller.
• Staatschauspiel Dresden- Die Nacht nach der Abschlußfeier
  This poster has a white background with pink letters on both sides. The middle of the poster is a black and white photograph of a nude woman, holding a bouquet of flowers and what looks like a play script. This poster advertises for a "The Night After Graduation".