East German Poster Database

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• Aschenbrödel: Ballett in drei Akten und sieben Bildern, Musik: Sergej Prokofjew- Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater Schwerin

  This poster is white and is divided horizontally by a black border with green underneath. A yellow high-heeled shoe sits atop the border with exaggerated yellow and black shadow to look like a crown. The text is at the top in black with a yellow and green border and remaining text underneath. It advertises for the ballet "Aschenbrödel" with music by Sergei Prokofiev.

• Romeo und Julia/Shakespeare/Das Wintermärchen/Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater Schwerin

  Poster is black with white text, excepting "Shakespeare" which is printed in red with white outlining in spraypaint style across the center. Red line across the lower portion of the poster, with theater name underneath. Advertises for a performance of "Romeo and Juliet: A Winter Fairytale".

• Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater Schwerin/Richard III

  Poster is gray with lighter text at top and large script text in center announcing title of the play (Shakespeare's Richard III). Small light gray line portrait of Shakespeare center left.

• Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater Schwerin, Parsifal: Richard Wagner

  This poster is composed of a red patterned border with blue pattern inside fading again into red in center via rectangular segments. The text is in white at the top. This poster advertises for the opera "Parisfal" by Richard Wagner.

• Don Carlos

  This poster is black with black and white depiction of a scene from the ply in center (a crowd of people on left with an individual on the ground right and another person standing over them). Superimposed on scene is a large purple "M". The poster advertises for the opera Don Carlos, directed by Schroth, to be performed at the Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater Schwerin.

• Een Mannsminsch makt de Huswirtschaft- Sean O'Casey, Rudi Reich

  This poster abstractly depicts two men in kerchiefs; the one on the right is a torso cut-out with a cow on his head. The one on the left is outfitted in an apron and is pointing to the cut-out with his tongue sticking out. To the right of the cut-out in the background a clown is laughing at the cow. Title of the play advertised is purposefully misspelled, and is probably "Ein Mannsminsch macht die Hauswirtschaft," referring to a man performing housework.

• Einstein

  This poster is white with black text. It depicts a black orb (earth in silhouette) with the sun (abstracted) rising behind. The poster advertises for a three act opera by Paul Dessau titled Einstein, to be performed at the German National Theater in Weimar.