East German Poster Database

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• 1. Fünf Länder treffen in Schwerin

  This poster is blue with white and yellow letters and features the Neues Forum rainbow insignia at the bottom. Here the title reads, " We invite you to the first five nations meet in Schwerin". This poster was created for the October 1990 elections.

• Die Verurteilung des Lukullus / Oper in 12 Akten von Bertolt Brecht and Paul Dessau / Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater Schwerin

  This poster is white with a bright blue edge around it. The text is in black letters in the top left corner. The other three corners of the poster have a large letter “L” that frames two branches of laurel, a couple of cherries and a knife and fork respectively. In the middle of the poster is a black sword with a blade that is covered in blood.

• Die Jungfrau von Orleans: Oper von P.I. Tschaikowski- Staatstheater Schwerin.

  This poster is white with a black border. Across the top right hand corner are diagonal stripes in blue, white and red, the color of the French tricolore. The text is in black letters arranged diagonally across the top third of the poster. The bottom half of the poster shows the black outline of medieval lances. This poster advertises the opera by Tchaikovsky entitled "The Maiden of Orleans".

• Federico Garcia Lorca/Yerma/Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater Schwerin

  Poster is a black and white skyline against red background. Text in black at top and bottom. Advertises for performance of "Yerma" by Federico Garcia Lorca.

• Der Mann von La Mancha/Musical von Leigh/Wasserman/Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater Schwerin

  Poster is black and depicts abstract portrait of an man with a long beard and mustache, possibly wide-brimmed hat, in black white, blue and orange. Text in white top and bottom right. Advertises for the musical "The Man from La Mancha" from Leigh and Wasserman.

• Molière ž Herr von Pourceaugnac/Mecklenburgishces Staatstheater Schwerin

  Poster background is comprised of black and white dots that fade from black on white at top to white on black at cottom. Text in black on yellow at top. Depicts a man's head with gray wig with nose turned up and mouth open to reveal another white face inside. Advertises for Molière's "Man from Pourceaugnac".

• Die Fontäne von Bachtschissarai/Ballett in vier Akten/Musik von Boris Assafiew/Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater Schwerin

  Poster features faded sepia portrait of a woman's face with hair pulled back. Below are three sepia photos outlined in black, one of a graveyard, one of a battlefield covered in corpses, and one of a different graveyard. Text in black top left and in black outline below and top right. Advertises for a performance of the ballet "The Fountain of Bachtschissarai" with music by Boris Assafiew.

• Fritz Reuter/Bühne/1926 1986/Wi swacken platt!/Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater Schwerin

  Poster depicts a beard edman in a black hat and glasses wearing a suit and bowtie with black and white vertical striped pants riding a stick horse. To the left is a much smaller woman seen from the back in traditional dress engrossed in a book and to the right is a clown in an Elizabethan collar and dress holding a flag with blue, yellow, and red stripes over his head. Canvas hanging behind reads "1926 1986/Wi swacken platt!" Remaining title top and bottom in white, advertises for "Stage" from Fritz Reuter".

• Bläserquintett/der Mecklenburgischen Staatskapelle Schwerin/1958 1983

  Poster is black with circular design in gray in center: Circle has five lines of similar width except for fourth, which is thicker, emerging from left side and stretching across center. Lines bend outward toward top and bottom and stop before reaching right side. Text in gold and gray at top. Poster celebrates 25 years of the Mecklenburg State Orchestra's Wind Quintet in Schwerin.

• Aschenbrödel: Ballett in drei Akten und sieben Bildern, Musik: Sergej Prokofjew- Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater Schwerin

  This poster is white and is divided horizontally by a black border with green underneath. A yellow high-heeled shoe sits atop the border with exaggerated yellow and black shadow to look like a crown. The text is at the top in black with a yellow and green border and remaining text underneath. It advertises for the ballet "Aschenbrödel" with music by Sergei Prokofiev.

• Romeo und Julia/Shakespeare/Das Wintermärchen/Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater Schwerin

  Poster is black with white text, excepting "Shakespeare" which is printed in red with white outlining in spraypaint style across the center. Red line across the lower portion of the poster, with theater name underneath. Advertises for a performance of "Romeo and Juliet: A Winter Fairytale".

• Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater Schwerin/Richard III

  Poster is gray with lighter text at top and large script text in center announcing title of the play (Shakespeare's Richard III). Small light gray line portrait of Shakespeare center left.

• Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater Schwerin, Parsifal: Richard Wagner

  This poster is composed of a red patterned border with blue pattern inside fading again into red in center via rectangular segments. The text is in white at the top. This poster advertises for the opera "Parisfal" by Richard Wagner.

• Entdeckungen/BauŸEntdeckungten/Marstall Kammerbühne/Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater Schwerin/Dem XI. Parteitag der SED Gewidmet…

  Poster background is blue with red lines forming a simple maze and white arrows of different styles pointing the way. Black and white geomenteric design in center behind what appears to be a red door frame. Title at top in white, red-shadowed text on white background reads "Discoveries" with subtitle underneath "Architectural Discoveries". Text in white script scattered over the poster lists different plays with directors. Poster advertises an event in celebration of the eleventh anniversary of the SED. Poster is in two parts.

• Don Carlos

  This poster is black with black and white depiction of a scene from the ply in center (a crowd of people on left with an individual on the ground right and another person standing over them). Superimposed on scene is a large purple "M". The poster advertises for the opera Don Carlos, directed by Schroth, to be performed at the Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater Schwerin.

• Een Mannsminsch makt de Huswirtschaft- Sean O'Casey, Rudi Reich

  This poster abstractly depicts two men in kerchiefs; the one on the right is a torso cut-out with a cow on his head. The one on the left is outfitted in an apron and is pointing to the cut-out with his tongue sticking out. To the right of the cut-out in the background a clown is laughing at the cow. Title of the play advertised is purposefully misspelled, and is probably "Ein Mannsminsch macht die Hauswirtschaft," referring to a man performing housework.

• Einstein

  This poster is white with black text. It depicts a black orb (earth in silhouette) with the sun (abstracted) rising behind. The poster advertises for a three act opera by Paul Dessau titled Einstein, to be performed at the German National Theater in Weimar.

• Wohin Pfingsten? zum Pressefest der Schweriner Volkszeitung

  A black typewriter with a piece of paper coming out of it as if it has been typed on. The title is on the piece of paper, and above the typewriter are blue, red, and green ashapes that resemble astericks. The poster appears to promote a writing or journalism festival that occurred on May 29-30, 1982.

• Der Dorf club lädt ein

  The head of a bird with three buildings on top of its head is in the middle of the top of the poster immediately below the title. The poster appears to contain a significant amount of blank space a the bottom to advertise for an upcoming show. Box 5