East German Poster Database

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• Bertolt Brecht / Der aufhalt-same Aufstieg des Artutro Ui

  This is a double-sided poster. It advertises a production of Bertolt Brecht's “Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui” (The Resistable rise of Aurturo Ui). The front shows the silloutes of two men dressed in long coats and hats against a black background and what looks like cut up financial information from an English language newspaper. The back has anti-war works of art in black and white, as well as a poem by Pablo Neruda and an essay by Fernando Arrabal translated into German. Oversize.

• Krach in Chiozza / eine Komodie von Carlo Goldoni / Regie: Strassburger ; Hering; Buhne: Heidenreich / Volksbuhne.

  This poster shows a drawing of three women in long dresses walking along briskly. They appear to be agitated. The title is in red letters across the top. The name of the venue is in bright green letters across the bottom. The poster has a dark green frame.

• Goldoni / Der Klatsch / Komodie / Volksbuhne / I pettegolezzi delle donne / Ubersetzung: Naumann.

  The playwright's name is in large white letters on a purple triangle at the top. Along the left hand side of the poster are drawings of a headless statue of a man holding his own head in his hand, a ball of string, a hand, a mouth, a shell, a hand, a lute player and a pyramid. These objects seem to get swallowed up in the vortex of a tornado. A black arrow extends from the vortex into a large ear that is drawn on the right hand side of the poster.

• [Untitled]

  Poster is white with black and white photos of varying individuals, most with mouths open in appearing states of anguish, collaged together in pyramidal shape. Superimposed in center is a photo [?] contrasted in green, orange, and black and outlined in red dashes. Visual content is indecipherable, appears to be a person, possibly Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones. No other information is available.

• Dario Fo Der DIEB, der nicht zu Schaden kam Dario fo der Nackte und der Mann im Frack…

  Poster is divided in half vertically. Left depicts black sihouette with green bolt-like shape encompassing a black telephone. Advertises for a play titled "The Thief Who Never Came to Grief". Right shows red silhouette with black dotted shadow. Advertises for play titled "The Naked and the Man in the Evening Dress". Both star Dario Fo.

• La Dama Boba Lope de Vega

  Poster is white with black border. Background is comprised of mostly illegible, handwritten black text guided by horizontal lines. Title at top is wirtten in red and black. Superimposed at bottom left is a red "V" with "Volks Bühne" underneath it.