East German Poster Database

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• Così fan tutte / So Machen's Alle: Drama Giocoso von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart- Landestheater Halle

  This poster has a white background with black text. In the center there is a cartoon of a man, presumably Mozart himself with a pink face, a white wig with black dots, wearing a black coat. The poster advertises Mozart's opera “Cossi Fan Tutte”.

• Madame Butterfly: Oper Von Puccini- Landestheater Halle

  This poster has a cream colored background with black text. There are twin black bars on the top left corner with brown letters spelling out the name of the opera “Madame Butterfly”. There is an Asian woman's face on the right and a butterfly in the center. This poster advertises the opera by Puccini of the same title as the poster.

• 1984: Neuinszenierungen- Landes Theater Halle

  This poster has a cream background with black, green, red and white letters. It advertises a program of new productions (Neuinszenierungen) including plays, operas and a musical. Some featured pieces are Volker Braun's "Der große Frieden", Anton Tschechow's "Drei Schwestern", Heiner Müller's "Der Auftrag", Mozart's "Cosi fan tutte", Handel's Floridante, Karl Ottomar treibmann's "Der Preis", and Das Glas Wasser.

• Neues Theater- Landes Theater Halle

  This poster has a green background with a red stripe across the middle of the poster. Advertises for a series of new, avantgarde plays, i.e. “Neues Theater”, with work by Athol Fugard, Alexander Gelman, Rudi Strahl, Heinar Kipphard, Maxie Wander, and Harald Mueller.

• Des Konigs Datsche, oder Nackenstutzen fur Badewannen / Ein heiteres Stuck mit Musik von Klaus Winter und Klaus Eidam / Regie: Klaus Winter; Musikalische Leitung: V. Munch; Buhne: C.-O. Stadter / Landestheater Halle / Urauffuhrung.

  The focus of this black and white poster is a small fluorescent orange heart in the center. It has a section sign in the middle. The text is in black along the top and the bottom, except for the title which forms a roof over the heart..

• Die Kabale der Scheinheiligen von Bulgakow / Regie: W. Tarasjanz; Buhne: R. Klemm; Kostume: B. Albrecht / Landestheater Halle / Schauspiel Halle

  This poster has a black background. It shows one large blue and black hand and three smaller black and white hands that point to a hand holding a feather quill pen at the bottom of the poster. The text is in white letters in the bottom left hand corner.

• Klara und der Ganserich / Stuck von Armin Stolper / Musik: Jens-Uwe Gunther; Inszenierung: Ekkehard Kiesewetter; Ausstattung: Jurgen Heidenreich / Urauffuhrung Landestheater Halle.

  This poster has an orange background. The center shows a poster board with a drawing of a farmer in a red tractor plowing a field against a bright blue sky. The right side of the board shows some brass instruments. The title of the play and the name of the author are in blue cursive writing across the top of the poster. The other text is in brown cursive writing at the bottom on a white area that looks like an open book.

• Heute abend: Lola Blau / von Georg Kreisler / Musical fur eine Schauspielerin / mit Gabriele Bernsdorf / Landestheater Halle.

  This is a black and white poster. In the center is the rough outline of a woman's head with blonde hair. On her left arm is the Star of David identifying her as Jewish. The text if predominantly in white to contrast with the black background; the letters of the title consist of white dots.

• Leb und vergiss nicht: Valentin Rasputin- Landestheater Halle.

  This poster has a green background with the text in black across the top and the bottom of the poster. A black stick figure lies upside down diagonally across the poster as if falling. Two blue vertical lines are to the right of the figure and one is to its left. This poster advertises for the performance "Live and Do Not Forget" based on the novel of the same title by Valentin Rasputin.

• Landshuter Erzahlungen: Schauspiel von Martin Sperr- Landestheater Halle- DDR Erstauffuhrung

  The top third of the poster is blue with two large white dots which may represent clouds. The bottom two thirds of the poster show several line drawings of sky-scrapers which are upside-down on a green background. The text is in black across the top. This poster advertises for "Landshuter Stories" by Martin Sperr.

• Lope de Vega: Die beruhmte Komodie vom Galau Castrucho- Landestheater Halle- Regie: P. Sodamm.

  This poster has a blue background with white text in the bottom third of the poster. Four white arrows of different length that are separated by red dots are drawn across the top half of the poster from right to left. A long red arrow is drawn from right to left underlining the title. This poster advertises the play "Lope de Vega" by Galau Castrucho.

• Landestheater Halle- Jubilaumsspielzeit 1986/87.

  The background of the poster is light brown with the text in black letters. The top half of the poster shows a line drawing of the theater in 1986. “Theater des Friedens” (Theater of Peace) is written across the front of the building. Across the bottom of the poster are three small line drawings of buildings. They are dated 1886, 1837 and 1811.

• Irma La Douce/Musical von Breffort-Monnot/Regie: Klaus Winter; Musikalische Leitung: Volker Munch/Landertheater Halle

  Poster is red with blue text; a roughly sketched woman's head is in the center; the only feature in her white face is a red mouth. The blue outline of a man's head can be seen to the left of the woman's face.

• Landestheater Halle/Die Insel/Athol Fugard & John Kani, Winston Ntshona/Regie:Bernd Stempel/Ausstattung:Barbara Albrecht.

  Poster shows the drawing of a head behind bars; background of the top is green with white text; the bottom is white with black text.

• Tanz Prisma '84/Choreographie: Dathe, Dorowa, Petipa, Riveros, Schaller, Schilling, Winkler/Musik: Adam, Mendelssohn, Chatschaturjan, Matthus, Tscaikowski, Solowjow-Sedoi, Spanische und Peruanische Volksmusik

  Poster is black with rectangle in center outlined in white. In center of rectangle is a white-outlined prism, with a rainbown emerging from top and top right. Larger rainbow emerges from top and top right of square. Text to lower left and at bottom. Advertises for "Prism Dance '84", featuring Spanish and Peruvian folk music.

• Landestheater Halle/Theater des Friedens/Der Talisman/Nestroy/Branstner/Regie: Harald Warmbrunn

  Poster features abstracted portrait of an individual wearing a powedered wig and architectural collar. Face is shown in black, yellow and red with everything else in gray and white. Text at bottom in black, theater information at top in red beneath reflected title in gray. Advertises for "The Talisman", directed by Harald Warmbrunn.

• Wallenstein von Schiller/Regie: Peter Sodann/Landestheater Halle

  Poster is white with black line drawing of an evil-looking horeseman in armor and Elizabethan collar, sword drawn. Text in black at top. Advertises for "Wallenstein von Schiller" (name), directed by Peter Sodann.

• Landestheater Halle/15.2. Freitag/7 Uhr Bach-Händel-Schützehrung 34. Händelfestspiele/Wir spieln wieder/im Theater des Friedens/1930 Premiere/Partenope

  Poster is black with large weekly planner sheet in focus. Planner has been written on in black, with the date "15.2" underlined in red and title superimposed on writing in red. Advertises for "Wee Keep Playing".

• Landestheater Halle/Der Vogelhändler/Operette von Carl Zeller

  Poster is blue with black and white cartoon drawings of different individuals in rows, three across, three across, four across, and one at bottom left. Red hearts float around them throughout. Title at bottom center in red script. Theater information black on white in banner across top left corner, playwright information in same format bottom right. Advertises for "The Bird Handler" from Carl Zeller.

• Männer Bekanntschaften/Tonbandprotokolle von Christine Lambrecht/Landestheater Halle Neues Theater/Regie: Peter Sodann

  Poster is red with white text at top and black text at bottom. Black and wite photograph of Landestheater Halle's Neues Theater in center with clothesline hanging across entrance and Trabi car parked at right. Advertises for "Manly Acquaintances" from Christine Lambrecht, directed by Peter Sodann.

• Molière/Landestheater Halle/Schauspiel Halle/Regie: Gotter Ausstattung: Koppe/Der Misanthrop

  Poster is white depicting a knight's arm holding a sword in blue, outlined and shaded in black, with five large flies in same coloring seemingly stamped all around. "Molière" in dark blue top left, with name of play, "The Misanthrop" at bottom in red. Directed by Gotter.

• Götz/Goethe Landestheater Halle Regie: P. Sodann Bühne: R. Klemm Kostüme: U. Müller

  Poster is black with white print. Advertises for the play "Götz von Berlichingen" by Goethe, directed by P. Sodann.

• Landes Theater Halle/Gerhart Hauptmann/Der Biberpelz

  Poster is white and depics black and white German military helmet probably dating to the Weimar Republic. Attached to the pointed decoration on top of the helmet is a flag with black, white and red horizontal stripes. Title at bottom in black, with black and white beaver above at left. Advertises for "The Beaver Pelt" from Gerhart Hauptmann.

• Shakespeare/Die Beiden Veroneser/Rege: ZillmeržAusstattung: Leue

  Poster is white with black line drwaing of a storefront bottom center. Superimposed ar the outlines of two men in fedoras, in orange, who appear to be staning on a walkway leading toward the storefront. At top is a portrait of shakesperea in black and white. Text in black at top. Advertises for a performance of Shakepseare's "The Two Gentlemen from Verona", directed by Zillmer.

• Landestheater Halle/Vivaldi Bizet Lakomy/Ballettabend

  Poster is navy blue with white depiction of a posed ballet dancer. Behind are white outlines of the same dancer repeated twice. Text in white bottom right and bottom. Advertises for an "Evening of Ballet" featuring performances of works by Vivaldi, Bizet, and Lakomy