East German Poster Database

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• Der Nackte Wahnsinn: Komödie von M. Frayn, Regie: P. Sodann- Landestheater Halle

  This poster is white with a black border. The lower portion of this poster is a blind on a curtain rod in grayscale, with a depiction of an empty room with open door and door open in the floor. Above this depiction is the title in red and outlined in black. The remaining text is in black handwriting. This poster advertises for comedy "The Naked Madness" from M. Frayn, directed by Peter Sodann.

• Landestheater Halle- Goethe-Theater Bad Lauchstädt- Der Urfaust: Goethes Faust in ursprünglicher Gestalt- Schauspiel Halle, Regie: Erhard Preuk

  This poster is a black and white photograph of a river in a misty forest. The text at the left and center is in white and white gothic script outline in red. This poster advertises for "The Urfaust", or Goethe's Faust in its original form. Directed by Erhard Preuk.

• Trilogie des Absurden- Schauspiel Halle, Neues Theater, Landestheater Halle- Müller Herzstück, Foissy der Tropfen, Beckett kommen und gehen, Ionesco das Heiratsfähige Mädchen

  This poster's background is grayscale gradient from white at top to black at bottom, with a grayscale cube in center. The title is in red at the top with remaining text at the bottom in white. This poster advertises for "The Trilogy of the Absurd", including "Foissy the Drip", "Beckett Comes and Goes", and "Ionesco the Nubile Girl".

• Tamerlan: Oper von G. F. Haendel- Landestheater Halle

  This poster is white with a black and white abstract depiction of a man smiling in a suit, reflected as a skeleton. The title is at the top in black with text at the left and right. This poster advertises for Handel's opera "Tamerlan", with musical direction by Christian Kluttig and starring Axel Köhler as Tamerlan.

• Landestheater Halle- Sommergäste- von Maxim Gorki, Regie: Peter Sodann, Bild: Rolf Klemm, Kostüme: H. Müller-Steinhoff

  This poster is white with a depiction in light purple and black of a group of people drawn in squiggly lines with shredded papers piled up at their feet. Dressed in black, the men are wearing hats. The text at the bottom is in black with the title in script. This poster advertises for Maxim Gorki's play "Summer Guests", directed by Peter Sodann.

• Musical von Tom Jones und Harvey Schmidt: Das Musikalische Himmelbett- Landestheater Halle

  This poster's background is blue fading to a lighter blue near the bottom. It depicts black silhouetted trees at bottom lining a black and white cobblestone path. A White bed sits on the path with two individuals visible from behind. The text is in black at the top. This poster advertises for the musical "The Musical Sky Bed" from Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt.

• My Fair Lady, Nach George Bernard Shaws „Pygmalion” und dem Film von Gabrial Pascal, Buch von Alan Jay Lerner- Landestheater Halle

  This poster is pink with a black silhouette of a woman in a hat facing right at top, and an flipped mirror image of the same woman in a more ragged hat with frazzled hair at the bottom. Between them is title in white outlined in black, with reflected outline below. the remaining text is at the bottom in black. This poster advertises for a performance of the play "My Fair Lady" after George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion" and the film by Gabriel Pascal. Music from Frederick Loewe and German translation from Robert Gilbert.

• Macbeth: Oper von Giuseppe Verdi- Landestheater Halle

  This poster is white with an abstracted black line drawing of Macbeth wearing a gold crown, and holding a decapitated figure in his right hand. The title is at the top in red with text underneath in black. This poster advertises for Verdi's opera "Macbeth" based on the work of Shakespeare.

• Verdi: Die Macht des Schicksals, Musikalische Leitung: Christian Kluttig Inszenierung: Rainer Wenke Bühnenbild: Bernd Leistner Kostüme: Barbara Albrecht:

  This poster is purple with black text. It depicts a antiquated-style wooden block-print drawing of a heart aflame in black center bottom. This poster advertises for Verdi's "The Force of Destiny".

• Landestheater Halle- Millionen für Penny: Ein Krimi-Musical von Max Colpet, Musik: Lotar Olias, Regie: Jörg Kaehler

  This poster is blue and depicts a woman in a red leotard and red shoes with her right leg raised. Her face is obscured by oval sign reading part of performance title ("für Penny"). The first part of title is in red script outlined in whiten at the top, with the dots above the "I's" as stars. The remaining text is in white script near the bottom, to the left and right of the depicted woman. This poster advertises for "A Million for Penny", a "criminal-musical" from Max Colpet with music by Lotar Olias and directed by Jörg Kaehler.

• Himmelfahrt zur Erde: frei nach Antonows Erzählung „Der zerrissene Rubel”: von Armin Stolper- Uraufführung

  This poster is beige with a red inner border and red-orange outer border. It features a cartoon depiction at top of man sitting on a wheeled cart holding the reigns attached to winged tanks and cracking a whip. The title below is in the colors of the border with remaining text in black script. This poster advertises for "Sky-ride to Earth", based on the story from Sergej Antonow, from Armin Stolper.

• Märchen oper von Engelbert Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel

  This poster's background is white with a print of black fir trees of various sizes. The center tree print includes profile of a witch at bottom. Below, cartoon depictions of Hansel and Gretel dressed in green and holding hands is featured. The text is in black gothic script at the bottom. This poster advertises for the "fairytale opera" of Hansel and Gretel from Engelbert Humperdinck.

• Shakespeare: Hamlet- Landestheater Halle

  This poster is divided vertically. The left features the right half of a black-and-white portrait of William Shakespeare, while the right features the left half of portrait but upside-down. The text is in white on black at each corner. This poster advertises for a performance of "Hamlet" directed by Peter Sodann.

• Jacques Offenbach: Hoffmanns Erzählungen- Phantastische Oper in Fünf Akten- Landestheater Halle

  This poster's background is mainly comprised of pink dots on white, with line drawings of individuals in the midst of various daily activities (certain elements, e.g. dress, flowers, buildings highlighted in pink or white). Superimposed on all of this is a large black and white portrait of E.T.A. Hoffmann. The title is at the top in handwritten black script on white, with the remaining text in black print underneath. This poster advertises for a performance of "Hoffmann's Tales" from Jacques Offenbach.

• Gaudi Arium von G. Branstner Lieder, Couplets, Sprüche, Anekdoten, Balladen, Fabeln, und mehr/Landestheater Halle Regie: Jürgen Mai F. Hayner P.W. Bachmann und B. Stempel spielen

  This poster is black with squiggly green green superimposed. Within each square is a black and white photograph, presumably a scene from the performance. Three squares contain only green text, while on four others text is superimposed on the photograph. This poster advertises for the performance, "Gaudi Arium" from G. Granstner, which includes "songs, couplets, sayings, anecdotes, ballads, fables, and more". Directed by Jürgen Mai.

• Das Glas Wasser: Musical nach Scribe von Helmut Käutner, Musik von B. Eichom und R. Sonder

  This poster is blue-green with black text. It depicts a glass half-full of pink liquid on a checkered tablecloth, the left half is red/white while the right is black/transparent. Liquid appears to be being poured into the class from left, with name running along line. Several other names run along random black lines, but appear to have nothing to do with actors in the performance. This poster advertises for "The Glass of Water", a musical directed by Rudolf Schraps.

• Der Hochmütige, Gestürzte und wider Erhabene/Croesus/Oper von Reinhard Keiser (1674-1739) Landestheater Halle/Dirigent: Prof. Eduard Melkus (Wien) Inszenierung: Martin Schüler Ausstattung: Änn Schwerdtle

  Poster is white and yellow, divided by jagged line with border overlaid by black dots. Text in black on white at top. Bottom features excerpt from medieval text titled "Inhalt und Vor-Bericht.", Content and Prior Report. Advertises for the opera "Croesus" from Reinhard Keiser.