East German Poster Database

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• Die Zähmung der Widerspenstigen

  Double sided poster. Back side appears to be articles on topics unrelated to the front of the poster. This could mean that the poster was recycled. The front image is a black and white photograph of a naked woman atop a naked man atop a horse. Red and black letters. The poster advertises “Die Zähmung der Widespenstigen” (The Taming of the Shrew) by William Shakespeare. Box 5.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Amadeus/Peter Schaffer/Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam

  Poster is black with blacka and white line drawing of Mozart as a younger man holding sheet music in his left hand with more at his feet. Text in white at top and black at bottom. Advertises for a performance of Peter Schaffer's "Amadeus".

• Montagabend/Filmriss/Männergeschichten/Uwe kant Fahrt mit Persigehl/Uwe Saeger Dritter Brief von Herz/Horst Matthies Filmriß/Stephan Dettmeyer Frei von der Leber weg/Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam

  Poster is white with black text. Large letter "M" in white with black dots at top in black square, with "Montagabend" (Monday Evening) below in white. Advertises for stories of mental black-outs, including "Trip with Persigehl" from Uwe Kant, "Three Letters from the Heart" from Uwe Saeger, "Mental Black-out" from Horst Matthies, and "Free from the Way of Love" from Stephan Dettmeyer.

• Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam/»Martha«/Oper von Friedrich von Flotow

  Poster is pink with purple line drawing of a woman with an umbrella. Text in purple script verticle left and bottom left. Advertises for the opera "Martha" from Friedrich von Flotow.

• Montagabend/Weisse Rose/Szenen für Zwei Sänger und fünfzehn Instrumentalisten von Udo Zimmermann nach Texten von Wolfgang Willaschek/Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam/Probebühne

  Poster is black with with uneven white text. Large white letter "M" at top, with "Montagabend" (Monday Evening) below in white. Advertises for a performance of Udo Zimmerman's "White Rose", based on the text by Wolfgang Willaschek.

• Ingeborg/Kleines Theater am Alten Markt/Komödie von/Curt Goetz

  Performance title and playwright text are white on navy, with remaining text in difficult to read navy on navy. Borders at top and bottom in gold, and also above and bewlo navy-scale portrati of a woman whose face is obscured by what appear to be animal ears with eyes and body obscured by tiles. Advertises for "Ingeborg", a comedy from Curt Goetz.

• Schloßtheater im Neuen Palais/Der eingebildete Kranke/Moliere/Hans-Otto-Thetaer Potsdam/Komödie

  Poster is off-white and speckled with red. Text in gray top and bottom with "Moliere" in larger red caps. Center features circa 18th century depiction of a wigged man and woman standing on either side of a seated individual who is pointing to the woman at right. Advertises for Moliere's "The Imaginary Invalid".

• Match/Jürgen Groß/Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam

  Poster is blue-purple with abstract red depiction of an individual wearing a starred shirt holding a mask over their face by means of a string held above their head. Mask is white at bottom. Alternatively, face is white and mask only reaches to middle of face. Text in red handwritten script, vertical bottom left and at top. Advertises for "Match" by Jürgen Groß.

• Montagabend/Das kann nicht alles sein/Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam/Szenen, Prosa, Lyrik/Volker Braun/Premiere 10. Mai 1984

  Poster is white with green text. Large gold letter "M" at top in green square, with "Montagabend" (Monday Evening) below in white. Advertises for a performance of Volker Braun's "That Can't Be Everything", premiere on May 10th 1984.