East German Poster Database

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• Rosa Laub/Libretto: Waldtraut Lewin Musik: Horst Krüger/Metropol

  This poster is blue with an abstract painted depiction of what appears to be a stroller in red, blue, yellow, and black. The title is in collaged, hand-written type in various colors on white at the top. There is subtext center right with information, and the theater information is at the bottom. This poster advertises for the opera "Rosa Laub" with libretto by Waltraut Lewin and music by Horst Krüger.

• Der Maulheld/Komödie von Joachim Knauth nach Plautus Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam im Garten nebenan

  Poster is green with black text at top in left to right vertical alignmnet. Depicts an individual in a Roman-style helmet withmouth open and tongue hanging out. Advertises for "The Loud-Mouth", a comedy from Joachim Knauth.

• Oper für Kinder von Kurt Schwaen: Pinocchios Abenteuer- Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam

  This poster is a vibrant green with a black and red minimalist painted depiction of Pinocchio (wearing a red cap) in profile facing left. The text is in black hand-painted text on the horizontal at the top and vertical from the left and right center and bottom. In the vertical text, letter spaces are filled in red. This poster advertises for the children's opera "Pinocchio's Adventures" from Kurt Schwaen.

• Was heißt hier Liebe? Ein Spiel um Liebe und Sexualität für Leute in und nach der Pubertät- Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam

  This poster is yellow with a depiction of an abstracted boy and girl. They look to be kissing, with the boy holding up the girl on the right. The text is at the bottom in yellow on black in a handwritten font. This poster advertises for performance titled "What is Love Called Here?", a play of "love and sexuality for people in and after puberty".

• Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam/»Martha«/Oper von Friedrich von Flotow

  Poster is pink with purple line drawing of a woman with an umbrella. Text in purple script verticle left and bottom left. Advertises for the opera "Martha" from Friedrich von Flotow.

• Montagabend/Weisse Rose/Szenen für Zwei Sänger und fünfzehn Instrumentalisten von Udo Zimmermann nach Texten von Wolfgang Willaschek/Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam/Probebühne

  Poster is black with with uneven white text. Large white letter "M" at top, with "Montagabend" (Monday Evening) below in white. Advertises for a performance of Udo Zimmerman's "White Rose", based on the text by Wolfgang Willaschek.

• Match/Jürgen Groß/Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam

  Poster is blue-purple with abstract red depiction of an individual wearing a starred shirt holding a mask over their face by means of a string held above their head. Mask is white at bottom. Alternatively, face is white and mask only reaches to middle of face. Text in red handwritten script, vertical bottom left and at top. Advertises for "Match" by Jürgen Groß.