East German Poster Database

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• Leninfeier — Zum 80. Geburtstag

  This poster is red with a drawn portrait of Vladimir Lenin. It advertises an event celebrating Lenin's eightieth birthday.

• Helmut Kohl

  Poster features color photograph of Helmut Kohl at top. Promotes a visit from Kohl on Sunday, September 16th at 7 pm at the Frauenkirche in Dresden.

• Staatschauspiel Dresden- Die Nacht nach der Abschlußfeier

  This poster has a white background with pink letters on both sides. The middle of the poster is a black and white photograph of a nude woman, holding a bouquet of flowers and what looks like a play script. This poster advertises for a "The Night After Graduation".

• Der Scweinehirt / Kinderoper von Gerhard Schedl / Urauffuhrung Staatstheater Dresden.

  This poster is light blue. It is divided by two horizontal white lines that are crossed by a vertical white line. These lines carry the text in black letters. The bottom left section is taken up with a line drawing of an unkempt looking young man who is talking to an elegantly dressed young woman. They are standing on top of a circle that is covered with musical notes. The vertical line, the circle and the flag at the top of the stem make up an eighth note. The title of the opera is printed in red letters around the bottom of the instrument.

• Liebeslieder / Tanzerische Kontraste III / Kompositionen von Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Robert Schumann, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Franz Schubert, Johannes Brahms; Choreographien von Harald Wandtke, Konstantin

  The background of this poster is light gray, the text is in black. In the center are two yin and yang shapes in pink, light red and dark red that complement each other to form a circle.

• Johann Adolf Hasse (25.3.1699-16.12.1783)- Hasse Tage der Staatsoper Dresden - 12.-30.Dez. 1983: Ausstellung in der Sachsischen Landesbibliothek Dresden

  This poster is in landscape format; the center shows a color portrait of the composer Johann Adolf Hasse by Balthasar Denner (1740). The text is in brown letters on white background on both sides of the portrait. This poster advertises a "Hasse day of music" event to celebrate his death.

• Goethe/Iphigenie auf Tauris/Staatsschauspiel Dresden.

  The poster is white with text in black at the bottom. The name of the author and the title are printed in black letter font; the name of the theater is in Latin script. The top two thirds of the poster show a grainy black and white print of a woman in a cloak with her arms stretched out and raised. Both sides of the picture show thick Greek columns. Trees in the background.

• Heinz Drewnick/Wenn Georgie kommt/Uraufführung Staatschauspiel Dresden/Ein komisches Stück

  Poster is white with text in black at top and bottom. In center is a depiction of a grassy area with what appears to be a couch covered in grass, with white package tied with black string sitting in center. Package is printed with repeated performance title. Performance title is randomly repeated throughout depiction. Advertises for the comedy "When Georgie Comes", from Heinz Drewniok.

• Wir, die Endesunterzeichnenden/Alexander Gelman/Staatsschauspiel Dresden/Arbeitsgruppe Theaterplakat Dresden/Haufe

  Poster is white and depicts the sleeve of a pinstripe suit with cuff visibile underneath, and metal instrument protruding in place of an arm. Text in black serif typeface at top. Advertises for "We, the Undersigned" from Alexander Gelman.

• Staatschauspiel Dresden/Warten auf Godotr/von Samuel Beckett/DDR-Erstaufführung

  Poster is white with black handwritten text mostly top left corner. Depicts two individuals who resemble early ethnocentric depictions of Native Americans, especially in hair and decorative jewelry though they wear Western costume. Advertises for the DDR premiere of "Waiting for Godot".

• Staatsschauspiel Dresden- Hebbel: Die Nibelungen- Ein deutsches Trauerspiel

  This poster's background is a sepia cloudscape, with a darker WWII German helmet floating in center. Red wings have been painted on either side of the helmet. The text is in black at the top and bottom left. This poster advertises for Hebbel's "The Nibelungen [a mythical race of dwarves]: A German Tragedy".

• Sommergäste: Gorki- Staatschauspiel Dresden

  This poster's background is tan recycled paper, with a black border and holes at the top, with three large red "x"s below. The title is in black at the bottom. This poster advertises for a performance of Maxim Gorki's play "Summer Guests".

• Turandot/Oper von Ciacomo Puccini/Staatsoper Dresden

  Poster is a depiction of an Asian woman in traditional ceremonial costume in shades of yellow and blue. Text top right in black with blue text beneath. Theater information bottom right in blue. Advertises for the opera "Turandot" from Giacomo Puccini.

• Veranstaltungen in Dresden/Welt-Musikwoche 1985

  Poster background is divided diagonally into gray-blue, white, and yellow segments with text monstly on white segments in black. Title in black at top with "Welt Musickwoche 1985" [World Muisc Week 1985" in lower left corner. Describes different events and their times going on the week of 23 September 1985 in celebration of World Music Week.

• Bewegung in Szene in Bewegung/Frank Z. (Ton) Joan A. (Musik) Claudia R. (Darstellung)/Roland S. (Kopie) Dietmar G. (Druck) Produktion B. Hoffmann/Picardie-Projekt I Uraufführung am 18. Dezember 17.00 Uhr "An der Picardie" Dresden/Speziellen Dank: Frau M.

  Poster background is yellow with pink cocentric cirles moving outward from a single dot in the right corner of a pink chair. Green shards of material appear to be flying out from the center, four have yellow text inscribed in them giving the names of people involved in the performance. Title of performance at top in blue and pink: "Motion in Scenes in Motion". Performance's Premiere.

• Euripides Die Besessenen Bakchai/DDR-Erstaufführung/Staatschauspiel Dresden

  Poster depicts a chain-link fence with a red high-heeled shoe caught in one of the links against a dark blue background speckled with red. Title in white on black top right, right vertical, and top left vertical. Advertises for a play titled "The Possessed Bakchai" from Euripides. DDR Premiere.

• 28.5.-5.6./Dresdner Musiktage 1955

  Poster depicts a freestanding harp between two columns, one in foreground is shadowed and in brown, one in background is white and contrasted in aqua. Text at bottom advertises for Dresden's 1955 Music Days, from May 28th through June 5th.

• Francesco Cavalli: Ormindo- Staatsoper Berlin

  This poster is tan with a cupid sketched in black flying towards the bottom of the poster. Three white clouds float above. The title is in black on a grayish banner at the bottom. It advertises for Francesco Cavalli's opera "Ormindo".

• Passage von Christoph Hein- Staatsschauspiel Dresden: Uraufführung gemeinsam mit dem Schauspiel Essen und dem Züricher Schauspielhuas

  This poster depicts a painted man in profile, with collared trench coat and hat, shielding his face with his hand; except he has no face. The Blue button on the coat bears title of the play in white. The remainder of the text is on the bottom and right. It advertises for a play by Christoph Hein titled "Passage".

• Le Papillon/Der Schmetterling: Ballet von Jacques Offenbach

  This poster is black with a gray-white blurred depiction of a dancer on a stage that has moved from left to right. The title is in green and white at the bottom. It advertises for the French ballet "The Butterfly" by Jacques Offenbach. It is the ballet's premiere in the DDR.

• Alexander Gelman- Protokoll einer Sitzung

  This poster is a depiction composed of white and red-orange dots of the face of a bearded Greek statue. The poster advertises for a play titled "Protokoll einer Sitzung" (Minutes of a Meeting) by Alexander Gelman, to be performed at the Staatschauspiel Dresden.

• Penthesilea: Heinrich von Kleist

  This poster is a sketched depiction from the neck down of a nude woman bound by what appears to be a long, dark blue tie. The title is in blue handwritten text at bottom with black type below. This is an advertisement for a play titled "Penthesiliea" by Heinrich von Kleist, to be performed at the Staatsschauspiel Dresden.

• Dantons Tod: Ausstellungen bildender Künstler Lenz Woyzeck…

  This poster is black with white bottom right corner. The text in white and orange is of varying size. It advertises for a visual arts exhibition by Lenz Woyzeck; a concert featuring songs from the French Revolution and political songs from 19th century Germany; and a book project. All will take place in one evening at the Staatschauspiel Dresden.

• Carlo Goldoni: Der Diener Zweyer Herren La Guerra (Der Krieg)

  This poster is black and white high contrast photographic portrait depictions of two partially superimposed; the individual on left appears to be screaming in anger, on right individual appears surprised and mid-sentence. The title at top in black printed on a white background. The poster advertises for two plays by Carl Goldoni, "The Two-part Servant Me" and "The War". The poster states that this is the premier of these plays in the DDR.

• Friedrich Schiller: Don Karlos- Infant von Spanien

  This poster is white with black type at top and bottom, with black and white portrait photo of Don Karlos in the bottom left corner. The poster advertises for a drama titled "Don Karlos", by Friedrich Schiller, to be performed in at the Staatschauspiel Dresden.