East German Poster Database

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• Puccini: Madam Butterfly- Oper, Hans-Otto-Theater, Potsdam

  This poster has a white background speckled with dots of blue, red and black. In the middle there is a butterfly impaled on a stick. It advertises Puccini's opera Madam Butterfly, to be performed at the Hans-Otto-Theater in Potsdam.

• Das Spiel vom Kaspar, von der Konigin Tausendschon und der noch tausendmal schoneren Prinzessin Schneewittchen / von Franz Fuhmann / Urauffuhrung / Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam.

  An abstract painting of a clown's head dominates this poster. It features a bright red forehead and nose, large blue eyes and mouth. One of the eyes is surrounded by a wide band of yellow, one of the cheeks is bright red. The background is gray; the text is in dark blue letters across the top.

• Der Kirschgarten / Anton Tschechow / Komodie / Hans Otto Theater Potsdam.

  This poster shows a grainy black and white photograph of a couch, a chair and a small table, which are covered in white drop cloths. The text is in red letters across the top of the poster.

• Die listigen Frauen, oder Die Wilderer / Grosse Operette von Jacques Offenbach / Guido Masanetz / Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam. Steckbrief: Gesucht wird: Rastamagnac, Wilddieb und Schmuggler / Kennzeichen: Nase: gewohnlich; Stirn: gewohnlich; Mund: gewohnli

  The top half of this poster shows a black and white photo of a woman. A black beard and a large black hat disguise her as a man. The text, in predominantly black letters, occupies the poster's bottom half. The title is in red; the background is off-white with a narrow black edge.

• Leonore / Ludwig van Beethoven / Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam / DDR-Erstauffuhrung.

  This poster has a black and white portrait of Beethoven in the top half. The text is in black letters on a white background. A thin black line frames the poster.

• Georg Büchner: Leonce und Lena- Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam.

  This poster has a yellow background. It shows a drawing of a door hinge with a crown above and below the pivot. The text is in black across the top and the bottom of the poster.

• Lucio Silla: Wolfgang Amade Mozart- Schlosstheater im Neuen Palais- Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam, Regie: Brahmig; Musikalische Leitung: Lienicke; Ausstattung: Kursten.

  The poster is black with the title of the opera in bright pink letters across the bottom third. The remainder of the text is in white letters along the top and the bottom of it. The center shows a brick wall with an opening in the shape of a head through which one can see blue sky and clouds.

• Saxa Loquuntur/Steine Reden/Ziegelsteinabreibungen vom Schulhof der Helmholtzschule in Potsdam - Manfred Butzmann 1985 - Druckerei Graetz

  Poster is black with white text, latin script at top with numberous names and birth/death dates below in varying styles of graffiti. Remaining text at bottom. Advertises for "The Rocks Speak" from the Helmholtz School in Potsdam, directed by Manfred Butzman.

• Der Zerbrochne Krug/Heinrich von Kleist/Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam Lustspiel

  Poster is a picture from behind of a judge sitting at a desk . Background is red and white gradient . Text at top in black caps and bottom in white caps. Advertises for "The Broken Jug" from Heinrich von Kleist.

• Tragische Dichtung von Federico Garcia Lorca/Yerma/DDR-Erstaufführung Regie: Winkelgrund Bühne: Heidenreich/Mit Paetzold, Albrecht, Leipert, Kreißig, Weißenborn, Becker, Hürrig, Puls u.a./Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam

  Poster is white with black texdt and title spray-painted in black in center. Border in red. Advertises for the tragedy "Yerma" from Federico Garcia Lorca, directed by Winkelgrund.

• Kurt Hoffman's Musikalische Räuberpistole: Das Wirtshaus im Spessart- Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam

  This poster is a watercolor in green and pink, with line drawings in black of presumably characters from the performance, including a man resembling Benjamin Franklin a woman with exaggerated lips, a man with horizontal mustache and hair, and a juvenile or short man holding a knife with exaggerated teeth. Two creepy eyes are visible at the bottom. The text is in black at the top. This poster advertises for a "musical cock-and-bull story" from Kurt Hoffmann titled "The Inn at Spessart", based on the book by Curt Hanno Gutbrod with text by Günther Schwenn and Willy Denmel with music by Franz Grothe.

• Michail Schatrow: Blaue Pferde auf rotem Gras- Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam, Regie: W. Mattukat, Bühne: B. Neumann

  This poster's background is pale blue, with an image of a man in red leaping into the air with planes that appear meant as wings on his arms. A town is visible silhouetted in white in the bottom right corner. The text is in navy on white at the right. This poster advertises for Michail Schatrow's "Blue Horse on Red Grass", directed by W. Mattukat.

• Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam DDR-Erstaufführung der Bühnenfassung von Osvald Tooming/Die Sieben Brüder nach A. Kivi

  Poster is black and white abstract depiction of a group of men, presumably seven brothers, in an agricultural setting, what appears to be a field with treeline in background. Text in black at top. Advertises for "The Seven Brothers" from A. Kivi.

• Theater in Potsdam/Wieder-eröffnun Haus Zimmer-straße/18. August 1974 in Potsdam/Theaterferien vom 8. Juli bis zum 11. August 1974 / Wiedereröffnung Haus Zimmerstraße mit der Premiere "Zement", Stück von Heiner Müller nach F. Gladkow, am 18. August. Weite

  Poster is off-white (probably due to age) with rectangle in center divided into gray, pink and red segments. Text above and below in black, with dates and description inside also in black. Advertises for the premiere of "Cement" from Heiner Müller to celebrate the reopening of the Theater in Potsdam after a break from July 8th through August 11th 1974. Premiere to be held on August 18th.

• Giuseppe Verdi/Der Troubadour il Trovatore/Text von Salvatore Cammarano/Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam/Musikal. Leitung G. Lienicke Inszenierung P. Brähmig Bühnenbild P. Heilein Chöre E. Lehnig In den Haputpartien E. Schumann, E.-M. Opitz, R. Riemer, A. Scheib

  Poster is red with black etchings of two men in medieval costume facing away from each other on either side of a triangle pointing downward from top to bottom in center of poster. Each man holds a sword. At bottom center is a smaller scale white etching of a woman lying on her side, holding her hand out. Title top center in white with black text on either side, remaining text at bottom in black. Advertises for the opera from Giuseppe Verdi, "The Troubadour from Trovatore", starring E. Schumann.

• La Traviata/Verdi/Hans Otto Theater Potsdam/In der Titelpartie Eva Maria Bundschuh

  Poster is a black and white portrait of a womans face, with edges blurred into black background. Title in white at top. Advertises for Verdis La Traviata, with Eva Maria Bundschu in the title role.

• Die Vogelscheuche oder die Heimkehr des verlornen Sohnes von Armin Stolper/Uraufführung am Haus Otto Theater Potsdam

  Poster is gray with black and white photo of what appears to be a dusty box with what appears to be a scarewcrow inside, covered in cobwebs. Box also contains pictures and coins. Text at top and bottom in black and white caps stenciling. Advertises for "The Scarecrow, or The Return of the Prodigal Son of Armin Stolper". Play's premiere.

• Der Maulheld/Komödie von Joachim Knauth nach Plautus Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam im Garten nebenan

  Poster is green with black text at top in left to right vertical alignmnet. Depicts an individual in a Roman-style helmet withmouth open and tongue hanging out. Advertises for "The Loud-Mouth", a comedy from Joachim Knauth.

• Maß für Maß/Komödie von Shakespeare/Hans-Otto Theater Potsdam

  Poster is textured yellow background with "Maß" written in white type in center and "Maß für" painted over in red. Behind is a black grid with various scribbled and illegible black text. Remaining text below in black type. Advertises for a performance fo Shakespeare's comedy "Measure for Measure".

• Morgen War Krieg/Schauspiel von Boris Wassiljew im Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam (DDR-Erstaufführung)

  Poster is black with gray and white title. Remaining text in black on gray at bottom. Advertises for the play "In the Morning there was War", from Boris Wassiljew.

• 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.

• 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.

• Oper für Kinder von Kurt Schwaen: Pinocchios Abenteuer- Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam

  This poster is a vibrant green with a black and red minimalist painted depiction of Pinocchio (wearing a red cap) in profile facing left. The text is in black hand-painted text on the horizontal at the top and vertical from the left and right center and bottom. In the vertical text, letter spaces are filled in red. This poster advertises for the children's opera "Pinocchio's Adventures" from Kurt Schwaen.

• 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.