East German Poster Database

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• Kurt Tucholsky: Schloß Gripsholm- Theater der Stadt Cottbus

  This poster has a light green-yellow background with a white silhouette of a person, lifting open a book in the center of their chest which reveals a woman's face in green, white, and purple. Below there is the name of the play “Schloß Gripsholm” (Gripsholm Castle) based on the novel by Kurt Tucholsky.

• Die Kronung der Poppea / Oper von Claudio Monteverdi / Theater der Stadt Cottbus.

  The colors of this poster are various orange and red tones on a white background. It shows a cracked stone bust of a woman. Behind her are several symbols of power: an eagle, a sword on a coat of arms, and a laurel wreath. The text is in red across the bottom.

• Lysistrate: Komodie von Aristoophanes - Theater der Stadt Cottbus.

  This poster is black with white text across the top. At the bottom is an outline of a female body; three blue and turquoise colored doves are shown flying toward the top right hand corner of the poster.

• Jutta oder die Kinder von Damutz: Schauspiel von Helmut Bez- Theater der Stadt Cottbus.

  This poster is orange, with the face of a young woman in the top center. The text is in white on the top left and next to the right side of the face. The theater's name is at the bottom left. This poster advertises for Helmut Bez's work "Jutta, or the Children of Damutz".

• Der Igel als Brautigam: Kinderoper von Cesar Bresgen- Theater der Stadt Cottbus

  This poster has bright yellow background with the text in red, childlike cursive writing at the bottom. It shows a blue hedgehog wearing a gold crown riding on a brightly colored rooster. This poster advertises for the Children's Opera entitled, "The hedgehog as a groom."

• Iphigenie auf Tauris/Schauspiel von J.W. Goethe/Theater der Stadt Cottbus.

  Poster shows two white wings tied to a purple rock; with red background; purple border and purple text at the top.

• Mozart ž Die Zauberflöte/Theater der Stadt Cottbus

  Poster is irridescnent gold with abstract tree design superimposed in shades of brown, gray and olive. Text at bottom in gray italics. Advertises for performance of Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute".

• Sende störung: Komödie von Károly Szakonyi- im Theater der Stadt Cottbus

  This poster is white with an abstract depiction of three individuals whose bodies form a conglomeration of furniture striped in blue and green. The faces are mostly blank, while the left individual is wearing purple sunglasses, the middle has a large red question mark, and right has orange lips with curly hair. All three have antennae emerging from their heads. This poster advertises for the comedy "Send Disorder" from Károly Szakonyi.

• Ein Märchen mit Musik nach den Brüdern Grimm von Peter Ensikat u. Rainer Lischka/Das Tapfere Schneiderlen/Theater der Stadt Cottbus

  Poster is light gree with depiction of a queen and king, two troll-like men, a boar, unicorn, and a man wearing a sash that reads "Baptism of a Trick". Along top border is a "7=" followed by a row of seven identical flies. Text at bottom in black. Advertises for the "fairy-tale with music based on te story from the Brother's Grimm". Performance is "The Brave Little Tailor" from Peter Ensikat and Rainer Lischka.

• Moliere/Tartuffe/Komödie/Theater der Stadt Cottbus

  Poster is orange with black/orange/white speckeled depiction of a clasped hands with ruffled white cuffs and wreath below. Text in black at top. Advertises for Moliere's comedy "Tartuffe".

• Die un-entschuldigte Nacht/Musikalisches Lustspiel von Andor Koloszvári Musik von Paul Gyöngy/Theater der Stadt Cottbus

  Poster is green with depiction of an male in a bowtie whose body forms a car at bottom, with a little girl hiding inside his jacket. Title at top in green and white on blue, with remaining text at bottom black on yellow. Advertise for "The Unexcused Night".

• Richard Wagner/Tannhäuser/Theater der Stadt Cottbus

  Poster background is an abstract depiction of trees in blue and gray with text in gray at bottom. Advertises for Wagner's Opera Tannhäuser.

• Oper von Giacomo Puccini Theater der Stadt Cottbus/Tosca

  Poster is blue with green and black abstracted depiction of the Winged Victory of Samothrace. Text in aqua top and bottom right. Advertises for the Opera "Tosca" from Giacomo Puccini.

• 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

• Oper von Udo Zimmerman/Der Schuhu und die fliegende Prinzessin/Theater der Stadt Cottbus

  Poster is red with painting of two anthropomorphic suns in shades of blue, red and yellow. Text in white at top. Advertises for the opera "The Owl and the Flying Princess".

• Udo Zimmerman Weisse Rose Theater der Stadt Cottbus

  Poster background is purple/blue gradient with black texturing on top. Ligths ppear to stream down from top. Text in white lower case at bottom. Advertises for `White Rose` by Udo Zimmerman.

• Wiener Blut/Operette von Johann Strauss

  Poster is pink with depiction of a woman in a Renaissance-era dress in white with gray decorations. She is holding a green military uniform decorated at edges in black damask pattern, with a sash across. Title in deocrative script at top in gold. Advertises for "Vienna Blood", an operette from Johann Strauss.

• Alexander Gelman/Wir, die Endes-unterzeichnenden

  Poster is yellow with black text and black/yellow depiction of four hands emerging toward viewer from between what appear to be plywood boards. One is holding a folded ruler, one a beer bottole, one is writing with a pen on a sheet of paper, and one is holding up a board. Advertises for "We, the Undersigned" from Alexander Gelman.

• Salon Pitzelberger/Operetteneinakter Offenbach Theater der Stadt Cottbus/Die Verlobung bei der Laterne/

  Poster is blue with figure-8 border; outer border is darker blue and inner border is pink. Text at top and bottom in dark blue on green, with oval in center in purple and black on green banner across center. One either side are stylized portraits of individuals who appear to be singing, depicted in black and green. Advertises for what appear to be two single-act operas, "Salon Pitzelberger" and "The Engagement with the Lantern", from Offenbach.

• Ein Ehezirkus/von Tisch & Bett/Buch: P. Ensikat K. Gendries Musikalische Arrangements: J. Allihn Theater der Stadt Cottbus

  Poster is purple with high-contrast replication of famous Adam and Eve artwork at bottom and in border at top. In center is a cartoon of a nude man and woman holding the bars of an iron footboard as if in jail. Text in black script top left and center right. Advertises for "From Table & Bed", a "Marital Circus" based on the book by P. Enskiat and K. Gendries with musical arrangements by J. Allihn.

• Vom Äffchen, das eine Brille trug/Kinderoper von Siegfried Tiefensee/Theater der Stadt Cottbus

  Poster is white with what appears to be a large-eared baby in overalls wearing glasses. Baby is holding a white sign with theater information in red. Remaining text bottom left corner in blue. Advertises for "From the Little Monkey that Wore Glasses", a children's opera from Siegfried Tiefensee.

• Martha: Oper von Friedrich v. Flotow- Theater der Stadt Cottbus

  This poster is lime green with partial aubergine circles in the top left and right corners. In the center, there is a woman with blue hair and only one (right) eye, which is a circle with a black and white portrait of a man in a hat. The text at the bottom is in navy, with the title of the performance, "Martha", in decoratively patterned letters. This poster advertises for the opera by Friedrich v. Flotow.

• Match/Schauspiel von Jürgen Groß/Theater der Stadt Cottbus

  Poster is white with the word "Match" repeated seven times in repeating patterns across the width of the poster (black/white check, whit outlined in black, red, and black stripe). Toward bottom of poster is remaining text in aqua. Advertises for the play "Match" from Jürgen Groß.

• Der Schatten/Märchenkomödie für Erwachsene von Jewgeni Schwarz/Theater der Stadt Cottbus

  Poster is a blue-scale portrait of a spectacled man, with superimposed triangle of repeating close-up images of the man's glasses. Text in white on black at bottom. Advertises for "The Shadow", a fairytale comedy for adults from Jewgeni Schwarz.

• Mozart: Die Hochzeit des Figaro- Theater der Stadt Cottbus

  This poster is burnt red with a black and white profile portrait of Mozart at the top center. The title is in light yellow above and below. This poster advertises for performance of "The Marriage of Figaro".