East German Poster Database

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• Das Märchen Von Der Schönen Lilie
  Poster is green, blue, yellow and black with white letters. It looks like a woodcut print, depicting a night scene along the banks of a river. The poster advertises a production of Giselher Klebe's opera “Das Märchen von der Schönen Lilie” which is adapted from a story by Goethe.
• Hinze und Kunze / In Eigener Lache / Aida / Die Kleinbürger
  Poster has a background of various German theater posters in red, covered with large gold print letters in Russian. Oversize.
• 3 Groschen Oper / Von Bertolt Brecht / Musik: Kurt Weill
  Poster advertises a production of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's “Die Dreigroschenoperl” (The Three Penny Opera) by the Berliner Ensemble. Poster is black, red, white, green, yellow and orange. There are drawings of different people including beggars, a couple that look like they are dressed for a wedding, three topless women, a priest and a man in some sort of military uniform. In the bottom right corner a man cranks a music box. Oversize.
• Brecht / Weill/ Die 3 Groschen Oper
  Poster advertises a production of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's “Die Dreigroschenoperl” (The Three Penny Opera) by the Berliner Ensemble. Poster is black, red, brown and white and shows a small crowd that looks like an opera audience on the left, and a woman in white with red hair next to a red and black man on the right. Oversize.
• Untergang des Egoisten Fatzer / Berolt Brecht
  Poster advertises a production of Bertolt Brecht's “Untergang des Egoisten Johann Fatzer” (Downfall of the Egotist Johann Fatzer). The poster is black and white and shows a photograph of a man in a black leather coat with a black censor bar over his eyes. Oversize.
• Bertolt Brecht / Der aufhalt-same Aufstieg des Artutro Ui
  This is a double-sided poster. It advertises a production of Bertolt Brecht's “Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui” (The Resistable rise of Aurturo Ui). The front shows the silloutes of two men dressed in long coats and hats against a black background and what looks like cut up financial information from an English language newspaper. The back has anti-war works of art in black and white, as well as a poem by Pablo Neruda and an essay by Fernando Arrabal translated into German. Oversize.
• Brecht / Baal
  Poster advertises a production of Bertolt Brecht's “Baal” by the Berliner Ensemble. Poster has a brown and red background and shows a blue man in a suit with his mouth open and a look of horror on his face. Oversize.
• Der Kaukasische Kreidekreis
  Poster advertises a production of Bertolt Brecht's “Der Kaukasische Kreidekreis” (The Caucasian Chalk Circle) by the Berliner Ensemble. Poster is blue with dark brown letters and features illustrated cells depicting scenes from the play in gray and brown. Oversize.
• Komische Oper / Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagony
  Poster advertises the opera “Auf Stieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny” (The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny) by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill. The poster is black with white letters and a pseudo-abstract/cubist illustration featuring a man, shoes, a nude woman, a cigar and other images. Oversize.
• Die Rundköpfe und die Spitzköpfe / Bertolt Brecht
  The poster advertises a production of Bertolt Brecht's “Die Rundköpfe und die Spitzköpfe” (Round heads and Pointed heads) by the Deutches Theater in 1983. The poster image is of a man in a black beret and an orange and black shirt surrounded by severed heads and flying objects.
• Coriolan / Shakespeare/Brecht
  Poster is an advertisement for a production of Bertolt Brecht's adaptation of Shakespeare's “Coriolanus”. The background of the poster is black with the word Coriolan repeated in yellow letters. There are drawings of scenes from the play that look like paper cut outs pasted on to the poster. Oversize.
• Willkommen beim Berliner Ensemble am Bertolt-Brecht-Platz
  Poster is an advertisement for the Berliner Ensemble. It has a dark brown background and at the bottom in white letters it says “Willkommen beim...” (Welcome by the Berliner Ensemble). At the top there is a Picasso print on a white background. The image is of a four sided face with a dove in the middle bordered by the phrase “peace for all nations” in many different languages. Oversize.
• Die Lach-taube / Helmet Baierl
  Poster is maroon and orange. It has three columbs of close up photographs of a bearded mans mouth. The poster advertises the premier of Helmet Baierl's play “Die Lachtaube”. Oversize.
• Unser Recht Zu Leben / Berliner Ensemble
  This poster advertises a performance by the Berliner Ensemble. It is not clear what specific play is being performed. The top of the poster has a title: “Unser Recht Zu Leben” (Our Right To Live) above a Picasso drawing of a bird. Below there is a quote from Bertolt Brecht about Carthage in German, French, English, Spanish and Russian. Oversize.
• Copyright by DT 1976 / Zauleck
  Poster is pink, green, black, white and red. The poster is in two parts, the top half is PA-1008 and the bottom half is PA-1009. Poster advertises a play called “Tag für Tag” by Arnold Wesker. Poster shows various drawings depicting people, a green tree, an ambulance, a record player, bees etc. Box 5.
• Tag für Tag / Ein Schauspiel Von Arnold Wesker in Den Kammerspielen
  Poster is pink, green, black, white and red. The poster is in two parts, the top half is PA-1008 and the bottom half is PA-1009. Poster advertises a play called “Tag für Tag” by Arnold Wesker. Poster shows various drawings depicting scenes of people, a red and white bus, a small red house and a circle with the word London. Box 5.
• Offene Zweierbeziehung / Franca Rame / Dario Fo / Einmaliges Gastspiel
  Poster has a black border with a white, red, blue and black central image. The image is a drawing of a blue man embracing a red woman who has a knife in her back. The poster advertises a production of Franca Rame and Dario Fo's play “Offene Zweierbeziehung”. Box 5.
• Michael Kramer / von Gerhart Hauptmann
  Poster is brown, black and white. Central image is a white shirt hanging on a wooden frame. The poster advertises a production of Gerhart Hauptmann's play “Michael Kramer”. Box 5.
• Lessing / Miss Sara Sampson
  Black and white poster. Background is a photograph of theater stage with set pieces and a lone figure. The poster advertises a production of G.E. Lessing's play “Miss Sara Sampson”. Box 5.
• J. W. v. Goethe / Torquato Tasso / Deutsches Theater
  Double sided poster. Poster is green, white and black. In the center there is black and white image of a man leaning out of a window. The poster advertises a production of Goethe's play “Torquato Tasso”. The back side has text with production information. Box 5.
• Hakins Geschichten / Norberto Avila / Landestheater Dessau
  White, brown, green and yellow poster. The edge of the poster resembles the edge of a carpet. Inside there is a drawing of a man sitting on a tree branch looking down on three figures that are falling through the sky towards a middle eastern city. The poster advertises Norberto Avila's play “Hakins Geshichten”. Box 5.
• Campanella und der Kommandeur / Michail Schatrow / Maxim Gorki Theater
  Black and orange poster advertising Michail Schatrow's play “Campanella und der Kommandeur”. Box 5.
• Mit dem Kopf durch die Wand / Komödie von Joachim Witte / Nach einer Erzählung von Wassili Axjonow
  Yellow poster with black letters. There is a sketch of a fisherman with a net containing what looks like a black and white image of a mermaid. The poster advertises a play by Joachim Witte called “Mit dem Kopf durch die Wand” (With his head through the wall) adapted from a story by Wassili Axjonow. Box 5.
• W.A. Mozart / Cosi Fan Tutte
  Double sided poster. Front side is purple, white and blue and depicts a dreamlike scene with a man looking in on a woman sleeping atop a pile of wildflowers, there is also a cherub of some sort, a large oyster full of pearls, a group of various birds and a boat with sails. Box 5.
• Der Pinsel und Sein Onkel Valentin / Ein Theaterstück von Victor Contreras / Uraufführung / Theater der Freundschaft
  Poster shows a blue sky with a green purple and yellow sun. Below there is a brown and green field with multi-colored flowers. A man wearing a hat that looks like a paintbrush is floating above the grass. Poster advertises a play called “Der Pinsel und Sein Onkel Valentin” by Victor Contreras. Box 5.