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.

• Die Stellung ist K(r)ampflos zu Halten/Eine Inszenierung des Staatlichen Puppentheaters Neubrandenburg sechs Erzählungen von Cechov, Katajew, Lentsch/Sorin und einer Episode aus dem Roman "der Meister und Margarita" von Bulgakow" Auswahl, Bearbeitung Regi

  Poster background is composed of tiled black and white photographs of the same marionette in different poses from different scenes of the performance. Title superimposed in black on red, with remaining text between in white. Advertises for the puppet play "The Status is to Remain Uncontested", from Cechov, Katajew and Lentsch after the novel by Bulgakow.

• Victor Carvajal/Theater der Freundschaft/Uraufführung/Der Streit um die Puppe/Deutsche Bearbeitung: Wera und Claus Küchenmeister.

  Poster is black with abstract depiction of a woman in a purple with arms outstretched and a blue circle behind her. On either side are images of people facing towards her, at left these appear hand-drawn, at right cut-out cartoons. Text at top and bottom in white. Advertises for "The Quarrel of the Puppets".

• Puppentheater/Der vergessene Schnee/Nach dem Hörspiel von Horst Salomon/Bearbeitet von Hermann Rumohr/Oestreich-Ohnesorge Bühnen der Stadt Gera

  Poster is white with depiction in square at top of a hand with pupped perched on index figer. Orange curtain drawn back at left and flower smiling at right. Yellow background. Text beneath in black. Advertises for the puppet play "The Forgotton Snow", based on the play from Horst Salomon.

• Solidaritäts-Konzert Künstler der DDR für UNICEF/Palast der Republik Großer Saal ž 9. November 1986 ž um 19.00 Uhr/Carola Nossek ž Dagmar Schellenberger ž Eberhard Büchner ž Siegfried Vogel ž Gerhard Schöne ž Siegfried Stöckigt ž/Jutta Deutschland + Diete

  Poster is white with watercolor "UNICEF" in blue top center, and watercolor depiction of a boy and a girl standing on a small hill of flowers at bottom. Girl has arm raised to point to letters at top and boy has his arm around girl. Remaining text in black left and right. Advertsies for a collective production on behalf of UNICEF, featuring all artists listed.

• Lachen und lachen lassen/Eine literarisch-musikalische Revue mit prominenten autoren des Eulenspiegel verlages und namhaften Künstlern von Bühne und Film/Eine Veranstaltung des Palastes der Republik und des Eulenspiegel Verlages/Am 25. und 26 September 19

  Poster is white. Depicts cartoon monster in yellow with black watercolor spots holding a hand puppet of a similar monster in green. Title in multi-color, dotted, black-outlined text above and below with remaining text at bottom in black. Advertises for "laugh and let laugh", a literary/muscial revue with prominent authors and artists.

• Abenteuer Theater/Jugendtreff im Palast der Republik für Euch und mit Euch: das Puppentheater Berlin Diskothek „Discophon Berlin“ 3.11. bis 8.11.1987 jeweils 19.00 Uhr/Karten am 29. Oktober 1987 an den Kassen des PdR, Spreeufer, Einzelkarten täglich ab 18

  Poster is black with portrait of a janus-faced woman in shades of gray and lips outlined in red. Left side appears clam, while right side appears angry and bestial. Theater at top white on black with text bottom left black on white and vertical at right black on gray. Advertises for a "puppet theater diskothek" from the Berlin Puppet Theater and sponsored by the Palast der Republik youth club.

• Tage der Volkskunst/Des Bezirkes Karl-Marx-Stadt/vom 6.-8. April 1979 im Palast der Republik/Erzgebirgische und vogtländische Folklore Puppenspiel ž Kabarett Jugendtanz/Jazz und Lyrik Tanzmusikschau Erzgebirgischer Hutzenabend/Pionierensemble Musikalische

  Poster background is blue-purple, with white text at top. Depicts a print of a ballerina entirely in orange (except for face, which is in orange), whose skirt forms a chicken with head at left. Advertises for a "Day of Folk Art" featuring folklore, puppet plays, cabarets, youth dances, jazz, etc. from the Erzgebirg region.

• Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin- Manuel de Falla, Meister Pedros Puppenspiel, Ballet: Der Liebeszauber, Concerto per Clavicembalo, Hommage à Debussy-Psyché

  This poster is white with a red border. The text is in black except for the name "Falla" in the performance title. This poster advertises for "Manuel de Falla", a puppet play from Master Pedro.

• Joseph Haydn: Apollo-Saal- Marionetten~Opera, Deutsch Staatsoper Berlin. Staatliches Puppentheater Neubrandenburg

  This poster is black with white text at the top and bottom. It depicts a white outline of Haydn, filled with a wood grain white on black pattern. In the center of the outline's head is a photograph of two wooden marionettes. This poster advertises for a Marionette Opera from Joseph Haydn.

• Johann Wolfgang Goethen S/Lust-Spiel/Die Mitschuldigen/Regie: Horst Drinda/Theater im Palast

  Poster is white with a painted depiction of a white-haired man wearing an orange laurel crown holding the strings of four puppets on a yellow stage below: a man and woman dressed similarly, a third man wearing what appears to be a kilt and holding a letter, and a robber. Text in black script and red gothic print on the stage above and below. Advertises for a performance of Goethe's "The Guilty", directed by Horst Drinda.

• Wie der König zum Mond wollte/Puppentheater Berlin

  Poster is yellow fading to light aqua at edges. Text in painted blue, with red print beneath. Depicts pencil-sketched drawing of a boy wearing a crown, holding a color puppet wearing the same crown with arms extended toward the moon. Advertises for the puppet play "How the King Wanted the Moon".

• 25 Jahre/Puppentheater Berlin

  Poster is black with rows of cartoon depictions of various puppet characters in profile, including king, queen, chicken, dogg, clown, wizard, jester, criminal, etc. Top left is the Puppentheater Berlin insignia with white text. Poster celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Puppentheater Berlin. Note: Tag on back with poster information.

• Feuer Marianne!/im Staatlichen Puppentheater Neubrandenburg

  Poster depicts (in collage) a sky with a hot air balloon in center. Balloon is shaped like a distorted human head in profile. A woman in Renaissance painting style sits on the edge of the balloon, while a Native American woman with a basekt hangs from the side by a green snake, letting flowers drop from her basket. Smaller balloon with the word "Hawaii" across center is visible to the left. Text floats out of an open envelope bottom right in red and black. Advertises for a performance of "Fire Marianne!".