East German Poster Database

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• Goldoni / Der Klatsch / Komodie / Volksbuhne / I pettegolezzi delle donne / Ubersetzung: Naumann.

  The playwright's name is in large white letters on a purple triangle at the top. Along the left hand side of the poster are drawings of a headless statue of a man holding his own head in his hand, a ball of string, a hand, a mouth, a shell, a hand, a lute player and a pyramid. These objects seem to get swallowed up in the vortex of a tornado. A black arrow extends from the vortex into a large ear that is drawn on the right hand side of the poster.

• Heiner Muller- Leben Gundlings Friedrich von Preussen Lessings Schlaf Traum Schrei: ein Greuelmarchen / Regie: Strassburger/Hering / DDR Erstauffuhrung / Volksbühne

  This poster is black with the text arranged in a V -shape across it. In the background is an image of a face that is made up of black dots.

• Sommer Theater- Dario Fo, en-suite- In der Volksbühne, DDR Erstaufführung

  This poster is white with a green border on all sides but bottom, and with a red dotted inner border. The title is at the top in black caps, with remaining text in red and black around the poster edges. A large red circle in center with "v"s of white dots makes up the Volksbühne logo. This poster advertises for a performance of "Dario Fo" in the Volksbühne's Summer Theater program, starring Hildegard Alex and directed by Carl-Herman Risse. This was the play's premiere in the DDR.

• Volksbühne- Bulgakow/Tscherwinksi: Hundeherz

  This poster background is grayish white. It features a portrait of a bald female head lower left, comprised of a collage of lines, numbers, and images. Different intersecting black lines are throughout the poster, with the theater handwritten in black at top and the title in black print on white at bottom. This poster advertises for a performance of "Dog Heart", from Bulgakow and Tscherwinski.

• Moliére: Der Geizige- Eine Komödie- Volksbühne

  This poster is white with black silhouette of a man with a 18th century styled wig. A large gold "V" is at the top with the playwright's name top left and theater name top right in black. A black and white portrait of Moliére at center of "V". The silhouette is surrounded by handwritten and stamped black text, mostly illegible. The title of the play is at bottom in black. This poster advertises for "The Miser", a comedy by Moliére.

• Victor Contreras/Der Falschspieler/Volksbühne

  Poster is mostly grayish beige with white near bottom. Depicts what could be construed as the black sihouette of a person's head from behind, with a large white patch and black smeared all over. In center is a black figure "102" of two men in athelietic outifts stretching. Human eye visible to the right. Text in black script. Advertises for a performance of VIctor Contrera's "The False Player".

• Shakespeare/Die Beiden Veroneser/Rege: ZillmeržAusstattung: Leue

  Poster is white with black line drwaing of a storefront bottom center. Superimposed ar the outlines of two men in fedoras, in orange, who appear to be staning on a walkway leading toward the storefront. At top is a portrait of shakesperea in black and white. Text in black at top. Advertises for a performance of Shakepseare's "The Two Gentlemen from Verona", directed by Zillmer.

• Schatrow/blaue Pferde auf roten Gras/Berliner Ensemble/Regie: Schroth Bühne: Stein Kostüme: Wolf

  Poster background is abstract geometric design in black and red. Superimposed is a bluescale high-contrast photograph of indistinguishable subject. Below is grayscale photograph of a crwd of people carrying signs and banners, and below that bottom right is a high contrast black and white photograph of three men, one facing left two facing right. Advertises for Schatrow's "Blue Horses on Red Grass", directed by Schroth and featuring the Berliner Ensemble.

• Grabbe: Don Juan und Faust

  This poster background is purple and white. It features black and white portraits of actresses playing Don Juan (Angelika Waller) and Faust (Ursula Karusseit) respectively. The poster advertises for these two of Grabbe's plays, to be performed at the Volktheater Bühne.

• Don Carlos

  This poster is black with black and white depiction of a scene from the ply in center (a crowd of people on left with an individual on the ground right and another person standing over them). Superimposed on scene is a large purple "M". The poster advertises for the opera Don Carlos, directed by Schroth, to be performed at the Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater Schwerin.

• Silly

  A black and white image of members of the band Silly on stage. The image on this poster connects with CS-0134.

• Silly

  A black and white image of members of the band Silly on stage. The image on this poster connects with CS-0135.

• István Örkény: Familie Tót

  This poster shows an antique photograph of three rows of people with their faces unrecognizable. An arrow is pointing to one person in the third row. Red and green shapes are shown at the top of the poster. It is for an exhibition featuring work by István Örkény.

• Rumänische bildende Kunst

  This poster has a white background and shows an illustration of a column of conical shapes with one-half of them shaded black. It is for an exhibition featuring Romanian art at the TV Tower in Berlin (August 16 - September 9, 1974).

• Wieslaw Garbolinski

  This poster shows a pixilated version of a painting depicting a man seated with his feet propped up and his hands clasped in front of him. He is surrounded by servants. It is for an exhibition featuring paintings by Polish artist Wieslaw Garbonlinksi at the Berlin City Library (January 20 - February 15, 1977).