East German Poster Database

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• Das Elfte Gebot/Lajos MesterházyŸDeutsche Erstauffühurung

  Poster depicts four high contrast portraits in black and white, one woman and three men. Across the middle is a red bar with the title of the performance printed in white. At the bottom is a black border with white text announcing the theater. Poster advertises for a play titled "The Eleventh Bid". Play's premiere at the Maxim Gorki Theater.

• 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.

• Eine Rosine in der Sonne- Ein Stück von Lorraine Hanberry

  This poster depicts an abstract cityscape made entirely of lines in black and white. Superimposed is title in pink. The theater director is Lorrain Hansberry and the fact of its German premier printed in white on black rectangles. The poster states this is the performance's premier in Germany.