East German Poster Database

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• Moritz Tassow: Komödie von Peter Hacks, Bühnen der Stadt Magdeburg Maxim Gorki

  This poster is black at the top with gold and brown uneven horizontal stripes at bottom representing sand or some other landscape. A black silhouetted figure lies on his back in the middle of the sandy landscape looking up at a red and orange shooting star. The text is in white at the top left. This poster advertises for the comedy "Moritz Tassow" from Peter Hacks.

• 15 Runden Gut gegen Böse in- Happy End: Komödie von Dorothy Lane- Bühnen der Stadt Magdeburg

  This poster's background is yellow and depicts a man in a black hat smoking a cigarette holding a woman with orange hair and purple hat in a black bra. The man is wearing purple boxing gloves and appears to have a black eye while the woman is wearing green eyeshadow. The text is surrounding the figures and in black at the top. This poster advertises for "Happy End", which is "15 rounds of good vs. evil" and is a comedy from Dorothy Lane.

• Garage: Satirische Komödie von Emil Braginiskij-Eldar Rjasanow- Theater der Stadt Cottbus

  This poster is black with a central part appearing to have been ripped away, revealing a pink grid on white. Superimposed is an image of a yellow vehicle engulfed in the mouth of a blue hippopotamus, which is standing on a black road drawn underneath. The text is in black on white at the bottom. This poster advertises for the Soviet satirical comedy "Garage" from Emil Braginskij and Eldar Rjasnaow.

• 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.

• Komödie von Omar Saavedra Santis/Amapola

  This poster is printed in purple and black on white. The title is in white on black at the bottom. It depicts a purple flower on dotted background with collage of illegible, handwritten black text at the left. This poster advertises for a performance of the comedy "Amapola" from Omar Saavedra Santis.

• Aphrodite und der Sexische Krieg/Ein Musical nach Motiven von Aristophanes' LYSISTRATE, von Jutta Eberhardt-Leister und Wolfgang Tilgner, Musk: Gerhard Kneifel/Uraufführung: Leipziger Theater-Musikalische Komödie

  This poster has coral background with black and white print. It depicts an armored Greek soldier chasing a nude woman with a cherubim pinching his nose as he does so (in Greek style). The text is in white at the bottom. This poster advertises for a performance of the musical "Aphrodite and the Sexy Wars," and was the play's premiere.

• Amphitryon: Komödie in 3 Akten von Armin Stolper- Landes Theater Halle

  This poster is red with an off-white vertical segment depicting Zeus in purple with a red toga about to fall through a hole in the floor of the sky toward earth, where more purple inhabitants point upward in anticipation. The text is in black script at the top and bottom. This poster advertises for the comedy "Amphitryon".

• Die acht Frauen: Kriminalkomödie von Robert Thomas- Theater der Stadt Cottbus

  This poster depicts the mirror images of the same building in blue-scaled photograph, divided by a white zipper. The zipper has been pulled down halfway to reveal a red textured background. The text is in gray at the top which advertises for a comedy titled "The Eight Women" from Robert Thomas.

• Die Preußen kommen: Komödie von Claus Hammel

  This poster is a photograph of a Prussian soldiers on horseback from behind. The horse has "DDR" painted on its hindquarters, in manner of stickers seen on the backs of German cars. The title of play in blue gothic top and red script bottom with the remaining text in black type. It advertises for the comedy titled "The Prussian Cometh [is coming]", by Claus Hammel.

• Pluft: das Geisterlein, Märchenkomödie für Kinder von Maria Clara Machado im Theater Greifswald

  This poster depicts a clown-like individual carrying a backpack on a black and white geometric background. Below in the style of red neon sign is "Pluft", with remaining text in black underneath. This poster advertises a "fairytale comedy" for children about a small ghost, by Maria Clara.

• Friedrich Dürrenmatt- Die Physiker

  This poster depicts a black and white round room with a circular lamp hanging from the ceiling and three doorways against the back wall. The shadow of a person falls from window to the left. Maroon bars are superimposed throughout from the sides of the poster. The title is in black at the top and bottom. It advertises for a comedy titled "The Physicist" by Friedrich Dürrenmatt.

• 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.