East German Poster Database

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• Copyright by DT 1976 / Zauleck

  Poster is pink, green, black, white and red. The poster is in two parts, the top half is PA-1008 and the bottom half is PA-1009. Poster advertises a play called “Tag für Tag” by Arnold Wesker. Poster shows various drawings depicting people, a green tree, an ambulance, a record player, bees etc. Box 5.

• Tag für Tag / Ein Schauspiel Von Arnold Wesker in Den Kammerspielen

  Poster is pink, green, black, white and red. The poster is in two parts, the top half is PA-1008 and the bottom half is PA-1009. Poster advertises a play called “Tag für Tag” by Arnold Wesker. Poster shows various drawings depicting scenes of people, a red and white bus, a small red house and a circle with the word London. Box 5.

• Offene Zweierbeziehung / Franca Rame / Dario Fo / Einmaliges Gastspiel

  Poster has a black border with a white, red, blue and black central image. The image is a drawing of a blue man embracing a red woman who has a knife in her back. The poster advertises a production of Franca Rame and Dario Fo's play “Offene Zweierbeziehung”. Box 5.

• Michael Kramer / von Gerhart Hauptmann

  Poster is brown, black and white. Central image is a white shirt hanging on a wooden frame. The poster advertises a production of Gerhart Hauptmann's play “Michael Kramer”. Box 5.

• Lessing / Miss Sara Sampson

  Black and white poster. Background is a photograph of theater stage with set pieces and a lone figure. The poster advertises a production of G.E. Lessing's play “Miss Sara Sampson”. Box 5.

• J. W. v. Goethe / Torquato Tasso / Deutsches Theater

  Double sided poster. Poster is green, white and black. In the center there is black and white image of a man leaning out of a window. The poster advertises a production of Goethe's play “Torquato Tasso”. The back side has text with production information. Box 5.

• Konig Lear / von William Shakespeare / Regie: Friedo Solter; Musik:Siegfried Matthus; Buhnenbild und Kostume: Eberhard Keienburg; Dramaturgie: Hans Nadolny, Helmut Rabe / DT (Deutsches Theater)

  The main feature of this poster is a dark photo of a deranged looking person, presumably the actor portraying King Lear. The background is dark brown, the title is in ornate white letters across the top. The characters of the play and the actors portraying them, are listed along the left hand side.

• Kummert Euch um Malachow / von Waleri Agranowski / Untersuchung zu einem gewohnlichen Kriminalfall / Deutsches Theater.

  The left had side of this poster shows the black and white photo of a young man in jeans and a dark coat. He's coming down some stone steps. To his right are 3 mugshots of his face, two side views and one front view. The title is in large red letters at the top against a white background.

• Richard III: Leben und Tod: Shakespeare- DT

  This poster is in landscape format. The title “Richard III” in large white letters covers the bottom half of the poster and is superimposed over a drawing of a row of men in armor who are playing the drums. They are standing inside a courtyard with scaffolding and two gallows behind them. Shakespeare's name is not mentioned on the poster, but it shows a picture of him. The picture is a line drawing with an orange background.

• Juno und der Pfau: Sean O'Casey- DT Kammerspiele

  This poster shows a lino cut of a late 19th century couple; she is seated, he stands beside her holding a cigar. The background is pale blue with yellow dots . The text is white on a brown background across the bottom of the poster. This poster advertises for the play "Juno and the Peacock" by Sean O'Casey, to be performed at the Kammerspiele at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin.

• Die Insel von Athol Fugard im Deutschen Theater

  This poster is in landscape format; the title is in slight variations and is repeated three times. The top right hand quarter shows a map of South Africa with photos of Nelson Mandela and others arranged diagonally; the left had side shows several black men behind bars and a sign that reads “This Beach for Whites only” with a translation in Afrikaans. This poster advertises for "The Island", a play by Athol Fugard, about Mandela's prison time at Robben Island Prison.

• Vor dem Ruhestand/Eine Komödie von deutscher Seele/Thomas Bernhard/Deutsches Theater

  Poster is a Victorian woodblock-print of a woman who is either dead or sleepingwith her head in the lab of a man who appears distraught. Print has been colored in green, red, blue, and yellow, with sky and background left in black and white. Text in black and white on black at top and center left and right. Advertises for "Before Retirement", a "comedy of German Spirit", from Thomas Bernhard.