East German Poster Database

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• Till/Narrenkomödie mit Muisk von G. Gorin nach dem Roman 'Ulenspiegel' von Charles de Coster ž DDR-Erstaufführung ž Städtische Bühnen Erfurt

  Poster is mostly green, representing a grassy area, with blue sky above and what appears to be a smoking fire top right. Title of performance bottom center in red, with title on "I" in form of a jester hat. Remaining text below in black. Advertises for the comedy "Till" from G. Gorin after the novel from Charles de Coster. Play's premiere in the DDR.

• Die Schicht/Uraufführung Harald Gerlach Die Schicht Regie: Kiesewetter/Schauspielhaus Erfurt

  Poster is black and white photograph of what looks like cncrete blocks or bricks. Title carved into metal architectural detail in center, with remaining text carved into bricks bottom right. Advertises for the premiere of "The Shift", from Harald Gerlach directed by Kiesewetter.

• Städtische Bühnen Erfurt ž Schauspeilhaus/György Spiró ž Hühnerköppe/DDR-Erstaufführung/Regie Ekkehard Kiesewetter

  Poster is white with black and white photo composition in center of newspaper with two fish skeletons laying across and a baby doll with separated arms and a rope noose around its neck. Photo has black border. Text in black top and bottom. Advertises for the play "chicken heads" from György Spiró. Play's premiere in the DDR.

• Einfall für Sherlock Holmes: Musical von Jürgen Degenhardt und Gert Natschinski

  This poster is purple with white text and depicts a cut out of Sherlock Holmes in profile with hat, trench coat, and scarf in yellow plaid and pipe and case in brown. The title text rises from pipe as smoke. This poster advertises for a musical by Jürgen Degenhardt and Gert Natschinski titled "Inspiration for Sherlock Holmes".

• Oper nach Heinrich von Kleist: DDR-Erstaufführung von Jan Cikker- Städtische Bühnen Erfurt

  This poster is black with white text. Most of text at top is of the title of play in large text in center vertical and broken in manner of a building toppled by an earthquake. The poster advertises for an opera titled "The Earthquake in Chile" based on a novella written by Heinrich von Kleist and adapted for the stage by Jan Cikker. Sponsored by the Städtische Bühnen Erfurt, this performance was the opera's premier in the DDR.

• Gartenbau - ausstellung u.- messe 1970

  A green circle containing a hand holding a flower is at the bottom of the poster, and the top of the poster consists of the oversize lowercase letters "iga." The poster promotes a garden fair that occurred August 22-September 27, 1970.

• 33. Meisterschaften der DDR im Sportschwimmen

  Blue lines go across the poster and are curved to simulate waves in the water. The poster promotes swimming races that occurred May 26-30, 1982.