East German Poster Database

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• Landestheater Halle- Jubilaumsspielzeit 1986/87.

  The background of the poster is light brown with the text in black letters. The top half of the poster shows a line drawing of the theater in 1986. “Theater des Friedens” (Theater of Peace) is written across the front of the building. Across the bottom of the poster are three small line drawings of buildings. They are dated 1886, 1837 and 1811.

• Nina Sadur/Schauspiel Halle Neues Theater Landes Theater Halle/Das Wunder-Weib/DDR-Erstaufführung/Regie: Wladimir Tarasjanz

  Poster background is blue with white dots. Large globe at top left with continents in blue and ocenas in blue and white stripes. Text in black on white and blue on white at left. Bottom is bordered in red and black terrain with woman in blue dress and black boots standing at bottom right. Advertises for "The Wonder Woman" from Nina Sadur, directed by Vladimir Tarasjanz. Play's premiere in the DDR

• Trilogie des Absurden- Schauspiel Halle, Neues Theater, Landestheater Halle- Müller Herzstück, Foissy der Tropfen, Beckett kommen und gehen, Ionesco das Heiratsfähige Mädchen

  This poster's background is grayscale gradient from white at top to black at bottom, with a grayscale cube in center. The title is in red at the top with remaining text at the bottom in white. This poster advertises for "The Trilogy of the Absurd", including "Foissy the Drip", "Beckett Comes and Goes", and "Ionesco the Nubile Girl".

• Musical von Tom Jones und Harvey Schmidt: Das Musikalische Himmelbett- Landestheater Halle

  This poster's background is blue fading to a lighter blue near the bottom. It depicts black silhouetted trees at bottom lining a black and white cobblestone path. A White bed sits on the path with two individuals visible from behind. The text is in black at the top. This poster advertises for the musical "The Musical Sky Bed" from Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt.

• My Fair Lady, Nach George Bernard Shaws „Pygmalion” und dem Film von Gabrial Pascal, Buch von Alan Jay Lerner- Landestheater Halle

  This poster is pink with a black silhouette of a woman in a hat facing right at top, and an flipped mirror image of the same woman in a more ragged hat with frazzled hair at the bottom. Between them is title in white outlined in black, with reflected outline below. the remaining text is at the bottom in black. This poster advertises for a performance of the play "My Fair Lady" after George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion" and the film by Gabriel Pascal. Music from Frederick Loewe and German translation from Robert Gilbert.

• Jacques Offenbach: Hoffmanns Erzählungen- Phantastische Oper in Fünf Akten- Landestheater Halle

  This poster's background is mainly comprised of pink dots on white, with line drawings of individuals in the midst of various daily activities (certain elements, e.g. dress, flowers, buildings highlighted in pink or white). Superimposed on all of this is a large black and white portrait of E.T.A. Hoffmann. The title is at the top in handwritten black script on white, with the remaining text in black print underneath. This poster advertises for a performance of "Hoffmann's Tales" from Jacques Offenbach.

• Der Aufstieg auf den Fudschijama von Tschingis Aimatow/Kaltai Muhameschanow: Landestheater Halle/Neues Theater, Regie: Prof. P. Förster a. G.

  This poster is white with a jagged horizontal line running across the center, representing the mountain range that has Fuji. A red slash is across the center of the line. The title is in black at the top and bottom. This poster advertises for a play titled "The Ascent of Mt. Fuji", by Aimatow and Muhamedshanow.

• Dürrenmatt/Romulus der Grosse/Regie: P. Sodann Ausstattng: R. Klemm/Landes Theater Halle/Neues Theater

  Poster depicts a Roman architectural structure supported by six columns balancing on an egg with overcast sky in background. Title in black at top. Poster advertises for a play titled "Romulus the Great" by Dürrenmatt and directed by P. Sodann.

• Das Pflicht Mandat (The Dock Brief)

  This poster is black with a cartoon depiction of the legs of a person wearing cropped black pants and sneakers, with ankles bound together by a yellow contraption. Near the top left is a barred window with yellow light. The title is in yellow at top with the remaining text in white on left and right. Poster advertises for a comedy titled "The Dock Brief", by John Mortimer, to be performed at the Landestheater Halle.