East German Poster Database

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• Kurt Tucholsky: Schloß Gripsholm- Theater der Stadt Cottbus

  This poster has a light green-yellow background with a white silhouette of a person, lifting open a book in the center of their chest which reveals a woman's face in green, white, and purple. Below there is the name of the play “Schloß Gripsholm” (Gripsholm Castle) based on the novel by Kurt Tucholsky.

• Die Kronung der Poppea / Oper von Claudio Monteverdi / Theater der Stadt Cottbus.

  The colors of this poster are various orange and red tones on a white background. It shows a cracked stone bust of a woman. Behind her are several symbols of power: an eagle, a sword on a coat of arms, and a laurel wreath. The text is in red across the bottom.

• Lysistrate: Komodie von Aristoophanes - Theater der Stadt Cottbus.

  This poster is black with white text across the top. At the bottom is an outline of a female body; three blue and turquoise colored doves are shown flying toward the top right hand corner of the poster.

• Jutta oder die Kinder von Damutz: Schauspiel von Helmut Bez- Theater der Stadt Cottbus.

  This poster is orange, with the face of a young woman in the top center. The text is in white on the top left and next to the right side of the face. The theater's name is at the bottom left. This poster advertises for Helmut Bez's work "Jutta, or the Children of Damutz".

• Der Igel als Brautigam: Kinderoper von Cesar Bresgen- Theater der Stadt Cottbus

  This poster has bright yellow background with the text in red, childlike cursive writing at the bottom. It shows a blue hedgehog wearing a gold crown riding on a brightly colored rooster. This poster advertises for the Children's Opera entitled, "The hedgehog as a groom."

• Iphigenie auf Tauris/Schauspiel von J.W. Goethe/Theater der Stadt Cottbus.

  Poster shows two white wings tied to a purple rock; with red background; purple border and purple text at the top.

• Mozart ž Die Zauberflöte/Theater der Stadt Cottbus

  Poster is irridescnent gold with abstract tree design superimposed in shades of brown, gray and olive. Text at bottom in gray italics. Advertises for performance of Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute".

• Ein Märchen mit Musik nach den Brüdern Grimm von Peter Ensikat u. Rainer Lischka/Das Tapfere Schneiderlen/Theater der Stadt Cottbus

  Poster is light gree with depiction of a queen and king, two troll-like men, a boar, unicorn, and a man wearing a sash that reads "Baptism of a Trick". Along top border is a "7=" followed by a row of seven identical flies. Text at bottom in black. Advertises for the "fairy-tale with music based on te story from the Brother's Grimm". Performance is "The Brave Little Tailor" from Peter Ensikat and Rainer Lischka.

• Moliere/Tartuffe/Komödie/Theater der Stadt Cottbus

  Poster is orange with black/orange/white speckeled depiction of a clasped hands with ruffled white cuffs and wreath below. Text in black at top. Advertises for Moliere's comedy "Tartuffe".

• Die un-entschuldigte Nacht/Musikalisches Lustspiel von Andor Koloszvári Musik von Paul Gyöngy/Theater der Stadt Cottbus

  Poster is green with depiction of an male in a bowtie whose body forms a car at bottom, with a little girl hiding inside his jacket. Title at top in green and white on blue, with remaining text at bottom black on yellow. Advertise for "The Unexcused Night".

• Richard Wagner/Tannhäuser/Theater der Stadt Cottbus

  Poster background is an abstract depiction of trees in blue and gray with text in gray at bottom. Advertises for Wagner's Opera Tannhäuser.

• Oper von Giacomo Puccini Theater der Stadt Cottbus/Tosca

  Poster is blue with green and black abstracted depiction of the Winged Victory of Samothrace. Text in aqua top and bottom right. Advertises for the Opera "Tosca" from Giacomo Puccini.

• Oper von Udo Zimmerman/Der Schuhu und die fliegende Prinzessin/Theater der Stadt Cottbus

  Poster is red with painting of two anthropomorphic suns in shades of blue, red and yellow. Text in white at top. Advertises for the opera "The Owl and the Flying Princess".

• Udo Zimmerman Weisse Rose Theater der Stadt Cottbus

  Poster background is purple/blue gradient with black texturing on top. Ligths ppear to stream down from top. Text in white lower case at bottom. Advertises for `White Rose` by Udo Zimmerman.

• Wiener Blut/Operette von Johann Strauss

  Poster is pink with depiction of a woman in a Renaissance-era dress in white with gray decorations. She is holding a green military uniform decorated at edges in black damask pattern, with a sash across. Title in deocrative script at top in gold. Advertises for "Vienna Blood", an operette from Johann Strauss.

• Alexander Gelman/Wir, die Endes-unterzeichnenden

  Poster is yellow with black text and black/yellow depiction of four hands emerging toward viewer from between what appear to be plywood boards. One is holding a folded ruler, one a beer bottole, one is writing with a pen on a sheet of paper, and one is holding up a board. Advertises for "We, the Undersigned" from Alexander Gelman.

• Salon Pitzelberger/Operetteneinakter Offenbach Theater der Stadt Cottbus/Die Verlobung bei der Laterne/

  Poster is blue with figure-8 border; outer border is darker blue and inner border is pink. Text at top and bottom in dark blue on green, with oval in center in purple and black on green banner across center. One either side are stylized portraits of individuals who appear to be singing, depicted in black and green. Advertises for what appear to be two single-act operas, "Salon Pitzelberger" and "The Engagement with the Lantern", from Offenbach.

• Ein Ehezirkus/von Tisch & Bett/Buch: P. Ensikat K. Gendries Musikalische Arrangements: J. Allihn Theater der Stadt Cottbus

  Poster is purple with high-contrast replication of famous Adam and Eve artwork at bottom and in border at top. In center is a cartoon of a nude man and woman holding the bars of an iron footboard as if in jail. Text in black script top left and center right. Advertises for "From Table & Bed", a "Marital Circus" based on the book by P. Enskiat and K. Gendries with musical arrangements by J. Allihn.

• Match/Schauspiel von Jürgen Groß/Theater der Stadt Cottbus

  Poster is white with the word "Match" repeated seven times in repeating patterns across the width of the poster (black/white check, whit outlined in black, red, and black stripe). Toward bottom of poster is remaining text in aqua. Advertises for the play "Match" from Jürgen Groß.

• Der Schatten/Märchenkomödie für Erwachsene von Jewgeni Schwarz/Theater der Stadt Cottbus

  Poster is a blue-scale portrait of a spectacled man, with superimposed triangle of repeating close-up images of the man's glasses. Text in white on black at bottom. Advertises for "The Shadow", a fairytale comedy for adults from Jewgeni Schwarz.

• Das Glas Wasser oder Barock & Roll/Ein Musical frei nach Scribe von Helmut Käutner im Theater der Stadt Cottbus

  Poster predominately orange, pink, green and blue. Larger background is orange with pink polka dots while background within green gilded shape is pink with orange polka dots. Below is orange and green stripes. Text inside shape in blue text. Advertises for a performance of the musical "The Glass of Water" or "Barock & Roll" by Helmut Käutner.

• Musikalische Komödie/Die Gräfin vom Naschmarkt/Theater der Stadt Cottbus/Theater der Stadt Cottbus/Texte: Kurt Nachmann-Musik: Erwin Halletz

  Poster is predominately green, orange, navy and purple. Depicts two women in dresses standing back to back, the left in navy and white the right in orange and white. The former holds a bottle the latter holds a feather duster. Title of performance at top in purple shadowed in black. Advertises for a performance of the musical "The Countess of Naschmarkt", with music by Erwin Halletz and lyrics by Kurt Nachmann.

• Was rechts zu wissen/ich könnt was lehrer/rn und zu bekehren/eder Gut noch Geld/rrlichkeit der Welt/Hund so länger leben/nich der Magie ergeb/Geistes Kraft und Mu/heimniß werde kund/saurem Schweiß/was ich nicht weiß/e was die Welt/zusammenh/kraft un/Worte

  Poster is largely a compilation of medieval meteoric/astronomic imagery pritned in black and gray. Top right imagery appears to have been ripped away to reveal a red layer with black printed text (sentences are incomplete as we are unable to see the entire layer). Possibly from the play. Title and details of performance at bottom with play title in 3D red letters outlined in black and remaining text in black on red. Advertises for a performance of "Faust" by Goethe.

• Fidelio/Ludwig van Beethoven/Theater der Stadt Cottbus

  Poster is gray with black text top right. Left to bottom of poster in black are printed raised hands (6). Advertises for the opera "Fidelio" by Beethoven.

• Oper von Richard Wagner/Theater der Stadt Cottbus/Der fliegende Holländer

  Poster is black with a large circle in center depicting a ship with mountainous region behind in blue and black. Text in gray at top and bottom hugging circle advertises for a performance of Wagner's opera "The Flying Dutchman". Note: Poster has tag on back with information regarding artist, theater, etc. from the "Hundred Best Posters of 1980".