East German Poster Database

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• Komische Oper
  This poster is – for the most part – bright blue with white flecks. In the bottom right hand corner is a picture of a red apple with a brown stem. At the bottom of the poster is a 10 cm wide black band with the text in white letters.
• Der Kirschgarten / Anton Tschechow / Komodie / Hans Otto Theater Potsdam.
  This poster shows a grainy black and white photograph of a couch, a chair and a small table, which are covered in white drop cloths. The text is in red letters across the top of the poster.
• Kirschgarten / Anton Tschechow / Inszenierung: Galina Woltschek; Buhnenbild: Wladimir Kirilow; Kostume: Wjatscheslaw Saizew / Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar.
  This poster has been mounted on cloth. It is drawn in various green tones. The center shows an elegantly dressed woman from behind – maybe at the end of the 19th century – who's leaving a house through a wide doorway. Cherry trees seem to be planted on both sides of the path leading up to the house. Stylized cherry branches bearing blossoms as well as fruit frame the drawing on either side. The title is in large green letters across the top.
• Konig Lear / von William Shakespeare / Regie: Friedo Solter; Musik:Siegfried Matthus; Buhnenbild und Kostume: Eberhard Keienburg; Dramaturgie: Hans Nadolny, Helmut Rabe / DT (Deutsches Theater)
  The main feature of this poster is a dark photo of a deranged looking person, presumably the actor portraying King Lear. The background is dark brown, the title is in ornate white letters across the top. The characters of the play and the actors portraying them, are listed along the left hand side.
• Kummert Euch um Malachow / von Waleri Agranowski / Untersuchung zu einem gewohnlichen Kriminalfall / Deutsches Theater.
  The left had side of this poster shows the black and white photo of a young man in jeans and a dark coat. He's coming down some stone steps. To his right are 3 mugshots of his face, two side views and one front view. The title is in large red letters at the top against a white background.
• Der Kontrabass / von Patrick Suskind / Im Foyer des Berliner Ensemble am Bertolt-Brecht-Platz / Nachtprogramm / Sie werden verwickelt in die Lebensgeschichte eines Kontrabassisten.
  In the center of this poster is the black and white photograph of a bass player. It is autographed by the actor Peter Bause. The text is predominantly in white letters against a dark background.
• Des Konigs Datsche, oder Nackenstutzen fur Badewannen / Ein heiteres Stuck mit Musik von Klaus Winter und Klaus Eidam / Regie: Klaus Winter; Musikalische Leitung: V. Munch; Buhne: C.-O. Stadter / Landestheater Halle / Urauffuhrung.
  The focus of this black and white poster is a small fluorescent orange heart in the center. It has a section sign in the middle. The text is in black along the top and the bottom, except for the title which forms a roof over the heart..
• Maxim Gorki / Kinder der Sonne / Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar
  A large black face that is resting on its hands dominates this poster. The features are outlined in thin white lines. The face seems to have been painted in a wooden board. The text is in black letters along the bottom of the poster. The title is in red.
• Koto Ensemble Japan / Leiter: Yoshio Hiratsuka / Koto Shakuhachi / Kunstler-Agentur der DDR.
  This poster is in landscape format. It is dark blue, almost black. In the center it has white Japanese characters underneath a bright pink rectangle. On the left 'Koto” is written vertically in a bright green rectangle with the word 'Japan' in pale blue letters underneath. The right hand side features the pale blue outline of a flute and a string instrument.
• Kalevala / Ballett nach Musik von Jean Sibelius / Choreographie und Inszenierung: Manfred Schnelle; Musikalische Leitung: Gerd Puls; Ausstattung: Gottfried Reinhardt a.G. / Volkstheater Rostock / Tanztheater.
  Poster is in landscape format. It consists of a black and white photograph of a rocky beach. Dense white fog seems to be hovering above the water; trees are visible in the distance; dark clouds are in the sky. The text is in black letters along the top of the poster and at either side.
• Kippenberg / von Gabriele Bigott nach dem Roman von Dieter Noll / Regie: Peter Schroth, Peter Kleinert; Ausstattung: Helga Leue; Musik: Joachim Haberecht / Theater im Palast
  This poster is in landscape format. It is displayed on the open pages of a spiral-bound office calendar. Each day has entries for appointments, some of these are crossed out. A column on the right hand side of the calendar lists phone numbers. In the center of the poster is the vague outline of a greenish gray face.
• Kabale und Liebe / von Fr. Schiller / Leipziger Theater / Schauspielhaus.
  This poster consists of a drawing of an ornate throne with a black and yellow snake on the seat. One of the front legs of the chair is standing on a red heart. Two elegantly dressed servants who are bowing seem to be growing out of the throne's front legs. The poster has a light gray background with a narrow black frame. The text is in black.
• Erwin Strittmatters Katzgraben / Berliner Ensemble / Lieder: Hanns Eisler; Regie: B.K. Tragelehn; Buhnenbild und Kostume: Einar Schleef.
  This poster is medium brown, the text is predominantly in black; only the title of the play and the name of the theater group are printed in white. It consists of a quote by Bertolt Brecht about this play . The play should be performed so that a proletarian audience becomes inspired to change the world. The names of all the actors are listed below the quote.
• Die Kabale der Scheinheiligen (Moliere) / Bulgakow / Inszenierung: Kunze; Buhne: Havemann / Gestaltung: Torsten Schluter
  This poster is black; most of the text is in red letters along the bottom. It shows a linocut of a face in the top left hand corner. The face is green and black with a round red clown nose. A linocut of several other faces in red and black is in the bottom right hand corner of the poster.
• Die Kronung der Poppea / von Claudio Monteverdi / Komische Oper Berlin
  This poster shows a dark-haired woman in a low-cut red dress sitting in front of a man who is about to put a gold crown on her head. The male figure is wearing a red cloak and sandals. Three daggers on either side of the couple reach into the picture. The text is at the top in black letters against a beige background.
• Die Kabale der Scheinheiligen von Bulgakow / Regie: W. Tarasjanz; Buhne: R. Klemm; Kostume: B. Albrecht / Landestheater Halle / Schauspiel Halle
  This poster has a black background. It shows one large blue and black hand and three smaller black and white hands that point to a hand holding a feather quill pen at the bottom of the poster. The text is in white letters in the bottom left hand corner.
• Kinder / M. Gorki / Komodie / Buhnen der Stadt Magdeburg / DDR Erstauffuhrung / Maxim Gorki.
  The background of this poster is white. Two thick black lines provide a frame. The bottom half shows two green bottles with labels of yellow and orange flowers. The text is displayed on a sign in black letters on a yellow background above the bottles. The 'sign' has an ornate green border.
• Der Scweinehirt / Kinderoper von Gerhard Schedl / Urauffuhrung Staatstheater Dresden.
  This poster is light blue. It is divided by two horizontal white lines that are crossed by a vertical white line. These lines carry the text in black letters. The bottom left section is taken up with a line drawing of an unkempt looking young man who is talking to an elegantly dressed young woman. They are standing on top of a circle that is covered with musical notes. The vertical line, the circle and the flag at the top of the stem make up an eighth note. The title of the opera is printed in red letters around the bottom of the instrument.
• Klara und der Ganserich / Stuck von Armin Stolper / Musik: Jens-Uwe Gunther; Inszenierung: Ekkehard Kiesewetter; Ausstattung: Jurgen Heidenreich / Urauffuhrung Landestheater Halle.
  This poster has an orange background. The center shows a poster board with a drawing of a farmer in a red tractor plowing a field against a bright blue sky. The right side of the board shows some brass instruments. The title of the play and the name of the author are in blue cursive writing across the top of the poster. The other text is in brown cursive writing at the bottom on a white area that looks like an open book.
• Der Kaufmann von Venedig / Shakespeare / Schauspielhaus Leipziger Theater.
  The right hand side of this poster shows the silhouettes of two heads – one gray and one black – against a bright red background. The left hand side is taken up by the silhouette of a head that is black, with an open mouth and black beard. This figure appears to be shouting at the other two. The playwright's name and the title are in black and white letters and contrast with the red background. The venue is in black against the green background
• Komische Oper Berlin / Spielzeit 1975/76 / Neuinszenierungen: Schwarze Vogel; Venezianisches Abenteuer; Ballettabend: Feuervogel und Wundersame Liebe / Wiederaufnahmen: Die Hochzeit des Figaro; Der Troubadour; Ein Maskenball; Die Macht des Schicksals; Rit
  The top half of this poster shows a rough drawing of a young couple facing each other. She is seated and is wearing a long blue dress; he's wearing mustard colored trousers and is kneeling in front of her and seems to be imploring her. The bottom part of the poster lists the program for the 1975/76 season.
• Krieg und Frieden / Oper von Sergej Prokofjew / Nach dem Roman von Lew Tolstoi / Komische Oper Berlin
  This poster is dark brown, with a bright orange line near the bottom. The title of the opera in large white gothic letters takes up the bulk of the poster.
• Katerina Ismailowa / Schostakowitsch / Deutche Staatsoper Berlin.
  This poster is green with the title in large white letters across the top. Numerous parallel black lines or lines that end in one point fill the bottom part of the poster. They may show the outline of buildings and bridges.
• Klaus Stortebeker in Ralswiek / Dramatische Ballade von KuBa / Musik von Gunter Kochan; Regie: Hanns Anselm Perten; Ausstattung: Falk von Wangelin / Eroffnungsprogramm der 18. Arbeiterfestspiele der DDR 1980 im Bezirk Rostock.
  In the center of this poster is a rough drawing of three young men in colorful medieval clothing: one plays the drums, one plays a flute, and the one who seems to be the leader of the group has his sword drawn. The text is in black across the top and the bottom of the poster against a white background.
• Komische Oper Berlin / Spielzeit 1973/74 / Neuinszenierungen: Die Abenteuer des Hary Janos; Die kluge Narrin; Krieg und Frieden; Coppelia / Wiederaufnahmen: Ein Sommernachtstraum; Ritter Blaubart; Der Troubadour ; Porgy und Bess; Der Fiedler auf dem Dach;
  This is a black and white poster. The bottom half lists the program for the 1973/74 season in black letters. The top half consists of a linocut that shows a scene from 'Katja Kabanowa', one of the operas to be performed. One woman is sitting at a desk writing a letter; two other women are sitting at a small table doing needlework. Their dresses and the décor of the room indicate that the story takes place at the end of the 19th century.