East German Poster Database

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• Der Schuhu und die Fliegende Prinzessin/von Peter Hacks/Puppentheater Berlin DDR

  Poster depicts a winged man in a vest carryinging a princess in a nightgown in front of a large sun, with mountainous region below and a sword prominently stuck in the ground. Text at center in black on curve. Advertises for "The Owl and the Flying Princess", from Peter Hacks.

• Senecas Tod: Peter Hacks, Esche Gregorek, Kahler Mellies, Ludwig Borgelt, Reusse Piontek, Dommisc Christoph, Regie - Cox Habbema - Bühnenbild - Karl von Apen

  This poster's background is a textured brown, marble. The text is at the top in black. In the center is what appears to be a black floorplan with names inscribed in each room. A large Deutsches Theaters symbol in in the very center. This poster advertises for "The Death of Seneca" from Peter Hacks, directed by Cox Habbema.

• Operette für Schauspieler- Theater der Stadt Cottbus- Die Schöne Helena: von Peter Hacks, Musik Jacques Offenbach

  This poster is brown with orange in the center with a blue-scale architectural feature. The text is at the top and bottom in white. This poster advertises for "The Beautiful Helen" from Peter Hacks, with the music composed by Jacques Offenbach

• 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.

• Karin Gregorek in Ohne Zorn und Eifer: Balladen von Peter Hacks Musik von Henry Krtschil und Egon Linde- Theater im Palast

  This poster is gray with a black and gray high-contrast depiction of a sculpture of what appears to be Atlas holding up the world. The text is in black at the top. This poster has a white border. It advertises for "Without Anger and Zeal", with ballads from Peter Hacks and music from Henry Krtschil and Egon Linde, starring Karin Gregorek.

• Bühnen der Stadt Nordhausen/Ein Kindermärchen in zwei Aufzügen von Peter Hacks/Maries Baby/Uraufführung Regie: Andreas Neu

  Poster is yellow and speckled with black heaviest top left. Text in white on black. Features depiction of Madonna and child, both with red halos and Madonna with red stars surrounding. Advertises for "Marie's Baby", a children's fairytale from Peter Hacks directed by Andreas Neu. Play's premiere. Note: May be signed by artist on back.

• Landestheater Halle/im Goethe-Theater Bad Lauchstädt- Von Mai bis September- Theseus: Oper von Händel/ Der eifersüchtige Liebhaber: Komische Oper von Grétry/ Triumph der Empfindsamkeit: Grille von Goethe/ Das Jahrmarktsfest zu Plundersweilern: Stück von Hacks

  This poster is light gray with black text. It depicts a building in classic Greek style with a large arch and steps beneath. Underneath the arch is a gold on brown design, with text in the remaining white space. The text alternates between Gothic script and print. This poster advertises for performances from May through September in the Goethe-Theater Bad Lauchstädt, including the opera "Theseus" from Händel, "The Jealous Lover", a comic opera from Grétry, "The Triumph of Sensibility" from Goethe, and "The Yearly Market Fest to Plunder" from Peter Hacks.

• Peter Hacks/Die Fische/Maxim Gorki Theater

  Poster depicts a (mostly) black and white photo compilation of a fish, in the loosest sense of the term. Front features a human eye, some kind of animl tongue, and green and orange "nose". Black lines point to key features of the "fish" labeling them with letters as in a textbook. Below poster is divided vertically into purple and olive segments, the former with white script the latter with black type. Advertises for a performance of Peter Hack's "The Fish".

• Der Frieden/Komödie von Peter Hacks nach Aristophanes/HansžOttožTheater Potsdam

  Poster is off-white with a background an orange-scalephotograph of what appears to be an architectural framework. Superimposed in the center is a red abstract painting of a partially nude woman in a tutu with two individuals clinging to her legs, which are also depicted as nude women. Individual at right appears to be a clown. Text at top and bottom in red-brown. Advertises for a comedy from Peter Hacks titled "The Peace".

• Barby/Lustspiel von Rudi Strahl und Peter Hacks/Regie: Gisela Oechelhaeuser/Theater im Palast

  Poster is white and depicts cartoon drawing of a bearded man (vaguely resembles Marx) in black and gray, hunched over in profile. A red key sticks out from his back, begging to be wound. Text in black handwritten script top right advertising the play "Barby" from Peter Hacks and Rudi Strahl; vertical left director is Gisela Oechelhaeuser.

• Amphitryon: Komödie von Peter Hacks

  This poster is green with a shell-like mirror image in the center done in black like a blockprint. The text is in the negative space between the shell, and above and below the shell in black. This poster advertises for a performance of "Amphitryon" from Peter Hacks, directed by Friedo Solter and lists the actors and their parts at bottom. Finally, the border of the poster is in red.

• Der Müller von Sanssouci: Ein bürgerliches Lustspiel von Peter Hacks- Kammerspiele

  This poster is yellow and depicts an anthropomorphized windmill standing over a hunched older man with a cane dressed like a Prussian. The text is in gothic script at the left and right of the windmill. This poster advertises for a "bourgeois" comedy titled "The Miller from Sanssouci", from Peter Hacks.

• Armer Ritter: Ein Kindermärchen in fünf Akten von Peter Hacks- im Maxim Gorki Theater

  This poster is brown and depicts a barefoot man in white with black hair and goatee, outlined in black. A knight's helmet is behind him to the left and a glove hanging down to the right. The man is holding a hat, apparently for donations. The text borders the image on all sides, with bottom text at the corners. It advertises for a "children's fairytale" titled "The Poor Knight", from Peter Hacks and directed by Karin Gregorek.

• Omphale/Oper in drei Akten/Libretto: Peter Hacks Musik: Siegfried Matthus Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar Uraufführung

  Poster is orange with white border. Depicts the green ihouette of a man with a cut-out silhouette of a woman inside. Text in black at top. Poster advertises for an opera titled "Omphale" from Peter Hacks.