East German Poster Database

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• Für Erwachsene / Puppentheaters zu Berlin / Der Prinz von Portugaul / Joachim Knauth

  Brown and tan poster. Most of the lettering is written in the old style German “Fraktur” typeface and so it is pretty hard to read. It appears to advertise a puppet theater production of the story “Der Prinz von Portugal” by Joachim Knauth. Box 5.

• Der Fliegende Koffer / Puppentheater Berlin

  Double sided poster. The front is black, white, red and yellow in a German Expressionist style woodcut depicting a man flying across the night sky in a suitcase. The poster advertises a puppet theater performance of the Hans Christian Anderson story “Der Fliegende Koffer” (The Magic Suitcase). The back side has production notes and a quote from Anderson. Box 5.

• Der Schuhu und die Fliegende Prinzessin/von Peter Hacks/Puppentheater Berlin DDR

  Poster depicts a winged man in a vest carryinging a princess in a nightgown in front of a large sun, with mountainous region below and a sword prominently stuck in the ground. Text at center in black on curve. Advertises for "The Owl and the Flying Princess", from Peter Hacks.

• Wie der König zum Mond wollte/Puppentheater Berlin

  Poster is yellow fading to light aqua at edges. Text in painted blue, with red print beneath. Depicts pencil-sketched drawing of a boy wearing a crown, holding a color puppet wearing the same crown with arms extended toward the moon. Advertises for the puppet play "How the King Wanted the Moon".

• 25 Jahre/Puppentheater Berlin

  Poster is black with rows of cartoon depictions of various puppet characters in profile, including king, queen, chicken, dogg, clown, wizard, jester, criminal, etc. Top left is the Puppentheater Berlin insignia with white text. Poster celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Puppentheater Berlin. Note: Tag on back with poster information.