East German Poster Database

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• 1984: Neuinszenierungen- Landes Theater Halle

  This poster has a cream background with black, green, red and white letters. It advertises a program of new productions (Neuinszenierungen) including plays, operas and a musical. Some featured pieces are Volker Braun's "Der große Frieden", Anton Tschechow's "Drei Schwestern", Heiner Müller's "Der Auftrag", Mozart's "Cosi fan tutte", Handel's Floridante, Karl Ottomar treibmann's "Der Preis", and Das Glas Wasser.

• Gimpler Deutsch- Uraufführung, Volker Braun- Berliner Ensemble

  This poster is white with black text of varying size. This poster advertises for a collection of performances from Volker Braun and was the premiere in the GDR.

• Komödie von V.B./Weitersagen/Die Übergangsgesellschaft/Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar/Volker Braun

  Poster is white with depiction of cube in center with silhouettes of body parts pressed flat against sides in blue, white, yellow, gray and green. Text above and below in black and red. Advertises for "The Transitional Society".

• Transit Europa/Passage/von Volker Braun nach Motiven von Anna Seghers/Ein Kammerspiel in drei Akten von Christoph Hein/Bühnen der Stadt Nordhausen

  Poster is black with small depiction in center of what appears to be a shattered mirror, with Europe depicted in red on blue. Text at top and bottom in white. Advertises for "Europe Transit Passage", from Volker Braun.

• Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar Volker Braun Siegfried Frauenprotokolle Deutscher Furor Urauffü[rung]

  Poster is white with black graphite drawings of abstract woman flying through the air, tongue sticking out, with crown falling offf her head, towards dark creature with hornss at bottom right. Text at top and center. Advertises for "German Furor" from Volker Braun. Note: Word "Uraufführung" is cut off at bottom, as appears part of depiction, indicating poster may be in pieces.