East German Poster Database

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• F. Schiller 1759-1805 Goethe-Theater Bad Lauchstädt

  Poster is a black and white portrait of F. Schiller set inside decorative frame. Name with birth and death dates inscribed at bottom, with theater information below in black script.

• Das ist schon nicht mehr feierlich- Nachtprogramm Distel Nachtprogramm

  This poster depicts a man with a long nose peeking over the top of a broken red pillar behind a chain (presumably in a museum). A white border with text in black script is at the bottom. This poster advertises for a work entitled "It's no longer solemn".

• Haarspaltereien- Sommer-Sonder-Programm, Geschichten um Frisuren und Friseure…geflochten, gekräuselt, gestylt von Berliner Friseurmeistern Mitgliedern des Kabaretts „Die Reizzwecken“ Frank Liehr, Moderation; Diskothek Siegfried Kürschner am Frisuren-Computer

  This poster is white with a cartoon of a barber in black and white, except for skin, which is in pink, who has just shaved the head of a client. The title is at the top in pink caps, with the remaining text underneath at the left and right, and bottom left and right in black. this poster advertises for "Splitting Hairs: Stories of Hairdressers" from Berlin Master Hairdressers.

• Palast der Republik: Spass muss sein!, Regie: Volker Büttner, Unterhaltung mit Stars, Gags und kleinen Extras, Großer Saal

  This poster is white with black text. It depicts a black top hat turned upside down, with the title and descriptive text appearing to emerge from inside. A single pink rose lays at the base. Performer and theater information is at the bottom. This poster advertises for a performance of "Fun Must Be!: Entertainment with Stars, Gags and Small Extras", directed by Volker Büttner".

• Augusto Boal, Mit der Faust ins offene Messer, Regie: Medina, Bühne: Neumann: Deutsches Theater Kammerspiele

  This poster is white with a black and white photograph of a chair sitting in an empty room with picture on the wall of what appears to be a boat. Parts of the photograph have been colored, such as a saw on the floor beside the chair and arbitrary red splotches in the air. This poster advertises for a performance of "Fist Right Into the Trap" from Augusto Boal, directed by Medina.

• bat, Institut für Schauspielregie Kunsthochschule Berlin, Studenten stellen vor J.W. von Goethe: Die Laune des Verliebten, Es spielen Gabriele Methner-Herz Johanna Schall Rudy Hassing Wilfried Loll, Die Mitschuldigen, Angelika Ritter Bruno Carstens Peter Hladik

  This poster is yellow with black text and a black cartoon depiction at bottom of four characters (l-r): A man with his hand in a shining jewelry box, a woman in love, a man with a sabre and feathered hat, and a man in a robe, slippers and nightcap furtively carrying a shining letter. This poster advertises for two performances of Goethe's works, "The Mood of the Lover" and "The Accomplices".

• Paul Claudel: Mittags Wende, mit Anne Else Paetzold Jörg Gudzuhn Dieter Mann Peter Reusse, DDR-Erstaufführung Regie Rolf Winkelgrund Bühne Jürgen Heidenreich Musik Ralf Hoyer

  This poster is mostly beige, and depicts a woman in a hat and sleeveless dress leaning against a pole with her hand on a railing in colored pencil. A man stands behind her, with a third man at left looking out over with back to viewer and a fourth man at right also looking out over railing but facing viewer. This poster advertises for the DDR premiere of "Wednesday Change", from Paul Claudel, starring Anne Else Paetzold and directed by Rolf Winkelgrund.

• Martin Luther & Thomas Münzer oder Die Einführung der Buchhaltung: Ein Stück von Dieter Forte - Inszenierung Hanns Anselm Perten - Ausstattung Falk von Wangelin- DDR-Erstaufführung, Volkstheater Rostock

  This poster is white with black gothic text at top. An antiquated black and white drawing at bottom of a man shaking hands with an evil-looking religious figure who has pulled his hand off is featured. The latter is followed behind by other figures with various animal heads. Advertises for "Martin Luther & Thomas Münzer, or The Introduction of Accounting", from Dieter Forte and was the play's premiere in the DDR.

• Maxim Gorki Theater- Studiobühne, Monolog für 2, Uraufführung: von Victor Contreras mit Jörg Gudzuhn

  This poster is divided horizontally between a blue-white sky background and pale green for the ground. A double-headed figure in a vest and tie stands in center, with both heads facing toward each other and a rainbow connecting their mouths. The text is in black above and below the figure. Poster has a white border surrounding it. This poster advertises for the premiere of "Monologue for Two", from Victor Contreras with Jörg Gudzuhn.

• Ariane Mnouchkine, Mephisto nach dem gleichnamigen Roman von Klaus Mann- Schauspeilhaus Leipziger Theater

  This poster is black with a black and white photo at bottom of a crowd of people (civilians) with their arms raise in a salute to Hitler. The text is in white on the diagonal from bottom left to top right. This poster advertises for the play "Mephisto" from Ariane Mnouchkine, after the novel by Klaus Mann.

• Minna von Barnhelm, oder das Soldatenglück: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing- Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam

  This poster is pink with an off-white border at the top. A seal bottom right with a crowned eagle and letters "F" and "R" combined, to look like the seal of Prussia, and a red heart beneath. The text at the top is black on white and red on pink, while the bottom is black on pink. Most of the text is in italics. This poster advertises for "Minna from Barnhelm or the Soldier's Luck", from Gotthold Ephraim Lessing.

• Match von Jürgen Groß- theater der bergarbeiter senftenberg

  This poster is black with a negative photograph of a man holding a rock facing a scoreboard at the top of a set of bleachers. The text is in white above and below the image. This poster advertises for a performance of "Match" from Jürgen Groß, directed by Bischoff.

• Maxim Gorki Theater- Studio-bühne, Match: Schauspiel von Jürgen Groß

  This poster is olive green in the center and fading to black at the left and right. "Match" is spelled out vertically in orange-red serif letters shadowed in black, with scratching over the letters "t" and "c" in white. The theater's information is at the top left in a black rectangle, with the remaining text in a green oval at the bottom right. this poster advertises for the play "Match" from Jürgen Groß.

• Montagabend- Still Life- Emily Mann: DDR-Erstaufführung- Probebühne, Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam

  This poster's background is white speckled with green. It is divided horizontally into segments speckled with varying thickness. The text is in black except for the name of the playwright in red, at the center. A large capital "M" sits at the top in black with white dots and "Montagbend" [Monday Evening] underneath. This poster advertises for the DDR Premiere of Emily Mann's "Still Life", produced by Robert Ebeling and starring Gisela Leipert.

• Was heißt hier Liebe? Ein Spiel um Liebe und Sexualität für Leute in und nach der Pubertät- Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam

  This poster is yellow with a depiction of an abstracted boy and girl. They look to be kissing, with the boy holding up the girl on the right. The text is at the bottom in yellow on black in a handwritten font. This poster advertises for performance titled "What is Love Called Here?", a play of "love and sexuality for people in and after puberty".

• Oscar Wilde: Der Ideale Gatte- Salonkomödie im Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam

  This poster is black with a black and white depiction of a man with a monocle, top hat, pinstripe suit, and bowtie who is being embraced from behind by a woman in a hat attempting to pull his wallet from his jacket. The background is in red with black concentric lines. The text is in red and white on black at the top and bottom. This poster advertises for a performance of "The Ideal Husband" by Oscar Wilde.

• Leipziger Theater Schauspielhaus- Amadeus von Peter Schaffer

  This poster is white with black text at top left , and with "Amadeus" underlined in red. The center to bottom of poster is decorated with signatures in black by Mozart, with one in red underlined in black. This poster advertises for Peter Schaffer's "Amadeus".

• Montagabend-Armin Stolper: Dienstreisende- Gespräche zwischen Gubanow und Nitoschkin Inszenierung: Günter Rüger Ausstattung: Eva Müller Es spielen: Eckhard Müller Hans-Jochen Röhrig und Getraud Kreißig- Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam

  This poster is light blue with a darker blue grid superimposed and blue architectural plans in the center. A large black letter "M" is outlined in black at top with "Montagabend" (Monday Evening) below in black. A black sketch of a stylized sculpture torso atop a large die, with playwright and title is below in black. The remaining text is in blue and the theater name at very bottom in black. This poster advertises for "Business Travelers", conversations between Gubanow and Nitotschkin, produced by Günter Rüger and starring Eckhard Müller.

• DDR-Erstaufführung- Der Todeskampf eines Selig Entschlafenen- Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam

  This poster is off-white (potentially due to age) with black text. It depicts an angry black bull at the bottom with a sword stuck in his back and a torn red piece of cloth hanging off of his right horn. This poster advertises for the DDR premiere of "The Death Struggle of a Peaceful Death".

• Čapek: Wie ein Theater Stück entsteht- 2 Stueck.- Die Himmelfahrt der Galgentoni Kisch- Kleines Theater am Alten Markt, Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam

  This poster is off-white recycled paper. The text is in black at the top and bottom, with "2 Stueck." in red at the center right. The theater's information is in faint handwritten-text at the very bottom. It features a black line drawing in the center of a woman sitting bent over at a table facing right. Superimposed is an outline of the woman's head, sitting on top of her shoulders upright looking straight ahead, with dashed lines emerging outward from her eyes. The depiction is framed in red. This poster advertises for two performances by Čapek, "How to Create a Theater Piece" and "The Ascension of the Gallows [Kisch]".

• Kafkas Schloss von Hans Michael Richter- Uraufführung im Schauspielhaus 1983 - 100 Jahre Franz Kafka- Leipziger Theater

  This poster is black with a white border on the top and bottom. At the top is "Kafka's Schloss" (Kafka's Castle") in black on white, with the author's information directly below in red. The bottom center of the poster is a large capital "K" followed by a period and a white square below. The theater's information is at the very bottom in black on white. The remaining text is at the center top in white on black. This poster advertises for "Kafka's Castle" from Hans Michael Richter in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Kafka's birthday. Performance's premiere.

• Montagabend- Der Auftrag- Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam- Heiner Müller

  This poster is gray with the repeated text of "Die Revolution ist die Maske des Todes/Der Tod ist die Maske der Revolution" [The Revolution is the mask of death/The dead are the mask of the Revolution]. A large letter "M" is outlined in black at the top with "Montagabend" (Monday Evening) below it in black. "Der Auftrag" is below at the bottom scrawled in red. The remaining text is in black with Heiner Müller's name in red. This poster advertises for "The Order" from Müller.

• Urlaubsgeflüster- Friedrichstadtpalast im Palast der Republik

  This poster's background is shades of blue and white done in watercolor to resemble a sky. It depicts two nude figures from above, each floating on a pair of butterfly wings and holding on to the "s" in performance title. The title is transparent but outlined in brown. The theater's information is in black at the bottom. This poster advertises for performance of "Vacation Whispers".

• Seekiste- 6. Februar - 6. April 1980- Friedrichstadtpalast

  This poster is black with the title in black shadowed blue at the top and dates below in white. It depicts a wooden crate floating on an ocean in white, blues and red. Two telescopic eyes emerge from the box looking right. The theater's information is at the bottom in white. this poster advertises for "Sea Crate", from February 6th through April 6th.

• Montagabend- Heiner Müller: Wolokolamsker Chaussee IV: Kentauren, Wolokolamsker Chaussee V: Der Findling- Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam

  This poster is white with tiny black dots that make it appear gray. A large letter "M" is in white at the top with "Montagabend" (Monday Evening) below in white. "Heiner Müller" is below in black on red with a black border. The remaining text is in black. This poster advertises for performances of part 4 and 5 of Heiner Müller's cylce of plays "Volokolomsk Highway", also known as "Road of Tanks": "Centaur" and "The Foundling".