East German Poster Database

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• "Nina, Nina, tam Kartina…": Werner Buhss- Kleist Theater

  This poster is black with a cartoon depiction of a humpty-dumpty style individual holding a hammer and sickle, with a star pinned to the lapel. The background is black and red. This poster advertises for "Nina, Nina, tam Kartina" from Werner Buhss.

• My Fair Lady: Alan Lerner & Frederick Loewe- Kleist Theater- Musical

  This poster is blue gray with a cut-out cartoon depiction in black and white of a woman in a hat, with hair colored in brown and shirt splotched with purple watercolor. A cut-out mouth strip from a color photograph is across the cartoon's mouth. The title is in white at the top with black text underneath. This poster advertises for a performance of the musical "My Fair Lady" from Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe.

• Hermannsschlacht/Die Hermannsschlacht/Heinrich von Kleist Ein Drama/Kleist Theater

  Poster background is white with black and gray lines and splotches. Text superimposed in gray and black reads "Hermannsschlacht" (Hermann Battle). Portion extending from right in black with red inner border and white outer border appears to have been torn out, with remaining text in handwritten-script in whtie. Black border at bottom of poster with theater name bottom right in white. Advertises for the drama "Hermann Battle' from Heinrich von Kleist.

• Hoffmann's Erzählungen/phantastiche Oper Jacques Offenbach

  This poster's background is predominantly light blue, with darker blue splotches painted on top. It features a sketched snail-shell spiral in black, with various red pyramids pointing downward and appearing to pierce the spiral's surface. The text is in black below. This poster advertises for a performance of "Hoffmann's Tales" from Jacques Offenbach.

• Amadeus von Peter Shaffer: Kleist-Theater

  this poster is gray with white dots in the background and a centered grayscale portrait of Mozart, whose face is scratched out in black ink. The title is in white above and bottom left. This poster advertises for a play from Peter Shaffer titled "Amadeus".

• Oper in drei Akten von Giuseppe Verdi Kleist Theater/Rigoletto/Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave Deutsch: Walter Felsenstein und Horst Seeger

  Poster is white with a rough black sketch of a bloody dagger whose hilt is a belled jester's hat. Text in black at top. Advertises for a performance of Verdi's opera "Rigoletto".

• Jacques Offenbach/Ritter/Blaubart/Opéra bouffe/Kleist Theater

  Poster is white with a black line drawing depicting a stone structure built to look like it has four portruding fingers, the middle one of which is sticking straight up and ringed with yellow objects (alternately a phallic symbol). An orchid lies at the bottom of the structure, seemngly crushed underneath. Text in black along left side and at top. Advertises for Jacques Offenbach's opera "Ritter Blaubart".

• Passage: Kammerspiel von Christoph Hein im Kleist-Theater

  This poster is khaki with black lining on an olive grid in center. Behind the grid is a clock showing 12 past 4. Black bird silhouettes are shown on either side of grid. The text is in black above and below. It advertises for the small play "Passage" by Christophe Hein.

• Der Park von Sean O'Casey

  This poster is khaki with black-bordered fence pattern in center. Two green, ragged pieces of trash hang on the fence, presumably torn from third larger piece visible bottom left corner. The text is in black top right and bottom left. It advertises for the play "The Park" by Sean O'Casey.

• Ein Sommernachtstraum

  Poster is black with white abstract outline of a donkey in profile wearing a crown. Text in white bottom right. Poster advertises for a ballet performance of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at the Kleist Theater.

• Einer Flog über das Kuckucksnest Ein Stück in Zwei Akten von Dale Wasserman Nach dem Roman von Ken Kesey

  Poster is white with black text at top. Depicts two blue-green wings that have apparently been ripped off a bird, with blood visible. Advertises for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", from Dale Wasserman, to be performed at the Kleist Theater.