East German Poster Database

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• Neues Theater- Landes Theater Halle

  This poster has a green background with a red stripe across the middle of the poster. Advertises for a series of new, avantgarde plays, i.e. “Neues Theater”, with work by Athol Fugard, Alexander Gelman, Rudi Strahl, Heinar Kipphard, Maxie Wander, and Harald Mueller.

• Vor aller Augen/Lustspiel von Rudi Strahl/Regie: Strassburger/Herring Ausstattung/Theater im Palast

  Poster is a high-contrast sepia portrait of what appears to be a cast on a stage, standing around a television. Text in white script at top and black and red handwritten script on either side, with theater information at bottom in white. Black border. Advertises for "For All Eyes", from Rudie Strahl directed by Strassburger.

• An den Bühnen der Stadt Gera im Restauranttheater/Uraufführung/Keine Leute keine Leute/Ein Lustspiel von Rudi Strahl Inszenierung Christian Bleyhoeffer Ausstattung Theo Hug Romi Wallat

  Poster is white with red outer border and black inner border. Plack and white charcoal depiction of a headless suit, with yellow speech bubble emerging from neck. Text in black inside. Advertises for the premier of "No People", from Rudi Strahl.

• 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.