East German Poster Database

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• Undine: Eugen Eschner- Theater der Freundschaft, Uraufführung

  This poster is white with black and white cut-outs and drawings of individuals in period Renaissance-era costume done in various art styles. One is personified death, another a woman with a garland of flowers in her hair, etc. The text is in black and white on black and at the bottom, and vertical right.

• Ferdinand im Reich der Töne: Kinder-revue- Friedrichstadtpalast im Theater der Freundschaft

  This poster is white with red and black script. It depicts a clown pulling apart music staffs to look through them. The clown is wearing orange and yellow horizontally striped shirt with a blue gingham jacket. The theater information is at the bottom in black on green. This poster advertises for "Ferdinand in the Kingdom of the Tones".

• Ferdinand sucht den Regenbogen: Kinder-Revue- Friedrichstadtpalast im Theater der Freundschaft

  This poster is black with a white script text written as if on a chalkboard. It depicts a clown child looking up with rainbow hair parted in center. The theater's information is at the bottom in black on green. This poster advertises for children's revue titled "Ferdinand Seeks the Rainbow".

• Reineke Fuchs: Oper für Schauspieler- Deicke Zechlin- Theater der Freundschaft

  This poster has a black and white depiction of a fox and a what looks like a large rat, both standing on their hind legs. The fox is reaching its left paw out toward the rat, who has his nose in the air and is carrying a cross. The title in red ("Reynard the Fox") is at top in red and appears to be dripping with blood. The remaining text at the bottom is in red and black. This poster advertises for an opera with the text written by Gunter Deicke and composed by Ruth Zechlin.

• Rosa Linde & 3 Knappen/ein Märchen/von Peter Brasch/Theater der Freundschaft

  Poster depicts an empty santa coat (red with white fur trim) and a crown floating above, with purple high-heeled shoes in front. White background. Text at top in purple with green shadowing reads "Rosa Linde and the three Scoundrels", a fairytale by Peter Brasch.

• Theater der Freundschaft- Paul und Maria

  This poster is comprised of a yellow and white crossword-type background, with random cartoon pictures, colored dots, symbols, etc. Two scraps of paper show letters from Paul to Maria and vice versa. The theater name is in black in the form of a crossword, and the title of play in red, superimposed near the bottom around two large roses. This advertises for play titled "Paul and Maria", by Lutz Dechant.