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This poster is white featuring a black border with gray diagonal stripes at the left and top. It depicts a cursive "F" in gray outlined in black intertwined with an orange snake and a black crown floating above. The text is in black handwritten script at bottom with the premiere text sitting vertical at the top left corner. This poster advertises for the premiere of Adolf Nowaczynki's "Frederick the Great".
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This poster is predominately yellow. It depicts a desert landscape with white statue of a man buried up to mid-torso in sand. In his right hand he holds a green line which runs from him through the hills behind. The text is in black at the top and bottom. This poster advertises for the premiere of the play "García" from Victor Contreras.
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This poster is black with random green shapes at the left, top right, and bottom left (triangle and rectangles). In the center is a white square with rough edges and black script inside announcing title of performance, "Faith, Hope, Love", and playwright, Ödön von Horváth. The name of theater is in white print at bottom, with actors, directors, stage managers, etc. vertical at right in white. Directed by Henry Hübchen.
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Poster is divided into 9 rectangular segments. Each depicts a scene in black and white, such as a sailing ship, two nude lovers embracing, a Klan meeting, etc. Each segment is bordered in white, with larger black outer border. Segment near bottom right is white with red and black text. Advertises for a performance of "The Splendor and Death of Joaquin Murietas" by Pablo Neruda.
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Poster features blue-scale depiction of a nude woman with curly hair inside a dress hoop, with a similar structure (empty) in foreground and a morterboard floating above it. Text in black script at top and vertical at left. Advertises for the play "Moliere: The Learned Woman".
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Poster is black with white print. Advertises for the play "Götz von Berlichingen" by Goethe, directed by P. Sodann.
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Poster background is white stippled with tiny black dots. Name of theater at top in black script. Depicts a clown in white, red, blue, yellow and black squatting over at bottom and holding a yellow sign which reads "Jospeh Grimaldi: King of all Clowns 1779-1837".
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Poster is black with depiction of an individual robed in Greek style with a pig head, which is decorated with garlands and feathers. Advertises for the opera "Symposium" or "About Love" from Georg Katzer. Play's premiere.
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Poster advertises for a performance of Wagner's "Twilight of the Gods". Deicts earth as seen from space with a robed death figure sitting on its pole with a sickle and a city rising from the toher side. Winged demons in red float toward bottom center. Title of performance in yellow arc halfway circling the globe with remaining text at bottom in white and gray.
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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.
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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.
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Poster is sea green with black border. Abstract conglomeration of shapes bottom center in black, pink, and red. Text in black at top. Pink banner across top center with black text announcing name of playwright. Poster advertises for a performance of "Philotas" starring Ulrich Mühe and directed by Solter. Play written by Gotthold Ephriam Lessing.
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Poster is yellow with black border. Abstract conglomeration of shapes center right in black, white and pink. Text in black at top and left, pink banner across center with black text announcing name of playwright. Advertises for a performance of "Nathan the Wise", starring Otto Mellies and directed by Solter. Play created by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing.
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Poster is red orange with black border. Abstract conglomeration of shapes center right in black, orange, and pink. Text in black at top and left, pink banner across bottom with black text announcing name of playwright. Advertises for a performance of "Emilia Galotti" by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, starring Dagmar Manzel and directed by M. Jurgons.
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Poster is yellow with black patterned inner border. Deicts various shoes at bottom in yellow and purple with names of actors in black script beside them. Text at top in black and purple. Advertises for "Die Galoschen-Oper" [difficult to translate] from Heinz Kahlau in memory of John Gray, celebrating the 250th anniversary of the premiere of the Beggar's Opera at the Deutsche Theater Berlin.
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Poster is a photograph of a forested area with a broken statue in fore. Statue head lies horizontally on an irregular block of stone. Text at bottom in white. Advertises for a performance of the ballet "Giselle" from Adolphe Adams.
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Poster is a blue impressionsit painting of three female ballet dancers. The left is blue, middle blue-green, and right white. All have ribbons in their hair, progressing from red to orange. No other details depicted. Text in white top and bottom. Advertises for a performance of the ballet "Giselle" from Adolphe Adam.
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Poster is divided in half horizontally. Top half is pink with black text, depicting a bandit mask and a red heart inside the letter "o" of "Gasparone". Bottom half ins inverse, black with pink text. Advertises for the operetta "Gasparaone" directed by Diether Noll.
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Poster depicts a (mostly) black and white photo compilation of a fish, in the loosest sense of the term. Front features a human eye, some kind of animl tongue, and green and orange "nose". Black lines point to key features of the "fish" labeling them with letters as in a textbook. Below poster is divided vertically into purple and olive segments, the former with white script the latter with black type. Advertises for a performance of Peter Hack's "The Fish".
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Poster is grayish beige with charcoal or pastel line sketches of varioius figures blended together. Devil figure in blue features prominently toward right side of the poster. Advertises for a performance of the second part of Goethe's "Faust".
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Poster is dark purple and depicts what appears to a paned window, or bars with sky behind. Various objects cloat outside in cartoon style, including a fan, lipstick, dice, beer bottle, spectacles, etc. Title of play in white cartoon text outlined in black with remining text in chalkboard font at right. Advertises for the operette "The Bat" from Johann Strauss.
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Poster is black with depiction in center of hawk in profile against orange sun in black, purple, yellow, green and orange. Title in green vertical on either side with remaining text in white top and bottom. Advertises for a performance of "Prince Igor" by Alexander Borodin.
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Poster is black with red border. In center is white negative space with black outlines forming profiles of two individuals facing each other. Gray indecipherable text and symbols near top of space. White text top and bottom. Advertises for a performance of Goethe's "Faust" in its original form.
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Poster depicts portrait of an elephant with raised trunk and red tassle on its head. Yellow inner border with green outer border. Red star at each corner. White banner across bottom right corner with black text announces the 25th anniversary of the DDR State Circus.
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Poster is a yellow/red gradient with text in orange/navy gradient. Advertises for performance of "The Case of Judas" from Walter Jens by the Berliner Ensemble. Directed by Holger Teschke. Play's premiere.