East German Poster Database

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• Lysistrate: Komodie von Aristoophanes - Theater der Stadt Cottbus.

  This poster is black with white text across the top. At the bottom is an outline of a female body; three blue and turquoise colored doves are shown flying toward the top right hand corner of the poster.

• Jutta oder die Kinder von Damutz: Schauspiel von Helmut Bez- Theater der Stadt Cottbus.

  This poster is orange, with the face of a young woman in the top center. The text is in white on the top left and next to the right side of the face. The theater's name is at the bottom left. This poster advertises for Helmut Bez's work "Jutta, or the Children of Damutz".

• Jutta oder die Kinder von Damutz: Schauspiel von Helmut Bez- Theater der Stadt Plauen.

  This poster shows a black and white photograph of a smiling girl behind a broken pane of glass. Blue, brown, red, orange and yellow dots of color fan out from the break in the glass. The title is in black and gray letters on a white background across the bottom of the poster. This poster advertises for the play "Jutta, or the Children of Damutz" by Helmut Bez.

• Fidelio/Ludwig van Beethoven/Theater der Stadt Cottbus

  Poster is gray with black text top right. Left to bottom of poster in black are printed raised hands (6). Advertises for the opera "Fidelio" by Beethoven.

• Oper von Richard Wagner/Theater der Stadt Cottbus/Der fliegende Holländer

  Poster is black with a large circle in center depicting a ship with mountainous region behind in blue and black. Text in gray at top and bottom hugging circle advertises for a performance of Wagner's opera "The Flying Dutchman". Note: Poster has tag on back with information regarding artist, theater, etc. from the "Hundred Best Posters of 1980".