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This poster is beige and printed in grayscale. It depicts a woman carrying an umbrella under her arm, faceless except for her eyes. Below the title at the top right is a portrait of Tolstoy. The remaining text is in the lower right corner. This poster advertises for a performance of "Anna Karenina" from M. Rostschin and was the play's premiere in the DDR.
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This poster is white with a pink oval in center outlined in black with a gold outer border forming a geometric design at top, right, bottom and left. The text is in a black serif font inside the oval. In the titles of the performances the test is divided horizontally so that it is solid at top, but floral patterned at bottom. This poster advertises for Händel's "Acts and Galatea" and "The Crafty Maid" from Johann Adolf Hasse.
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This poster is blue-gray and depicts the hatched outline of a male torso minus arms. The head seemingly detached floats above with no outside outline, and yellow snakes emerging from the top like hair. A white border with same blue-gray text is at the top and bottom, with title of play in white superimposed on image ("O" forms a wreath). This advertises for a performance of Amphitryon from Molière and Heinrich von Kleist.
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This poster is white, and depicts a yellow table with black and white figures (many in hats) gathered around the bottom, and three figures at the top: one with possible a patch over his right eye and one who appears to be sulking and facing away from the other two. The text is in black outlined in yellow at the top. It advertises for a play titled "Outside of Debt", from Uwe Saeger.
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This poster depicts a hollow bust of a male human head with a chipped nose. Out of the head emerges snakes which resemble brains, along with roses, stars, and pearls. The background is divided vertically into a sky with a rainbow and a green background with jagged black arrows pointing outward. Flowers flow toward the former, snakes and pearls toward the latter. The text is at the bottom in white on black, black on blue, and gray on yellow, with theater name torp left in black on pink. This poster advertises for the ballet "Abraxas" from Werner Egk.
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This poster is white with yellow polka dots. There are black painted lines that run abstractly throughout in no discernable pattern. The title text is white on red, with director and stage director in white on black. This poster advertises for a performance of the tragedy of Antigone, directed by Alexander Stillmark.
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This poster is gray with an iridescent gold trapezoid in center representing Mt. Fuji. Red horizontal lines bend upward and follow trapezoid shape almost to its top. A halo of smoke sits above the trapezoid. The text is in black on the left, right, and bottom. This poster advertises for a play titled "The Ascent of Mt. Fuji", by Aimatow and Muhamedshanow.
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This poster is red with an off-white vertical segment depicting Zeus in purple with a red toga about to fall through a hole in the floor of the sky toward earth, where more purple inhabitants point upward in anticipation. The text is in black script at the top and bottom. This poster advertises for the comedy "Amphitryon".
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This poster features a painted profile of a man in blue, green and red. The man has long hair and is wearing a headband. He is looking at a bird, also painted in profile, mostly black with a band of red feathers at its neck. The text is in black at the top and top right. This poster advertises for Mozart's opera "Apollo and Hyacinth".
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This poster is a black and white photograph of a nude male from behind tied in rope with orange streaks randomly running across. The title is in white on black at the top and bottom. It advertises for a performance of "The Poor Konrad" by Jean Kurt Forest and Friedrich Wolf.
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This poster is a black and white block print of Greek rural life. It advertises for a musical titled "Alexis Zorba" from Joseph Stein, based on the novel by Nikos Kazantzakis and music by John Kander. This was the musical's premiere in the DDR. the poster is in two pieces.
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This poster is black with a red stippled depiction of a ballerina's legs on point. The title is in white and red vertical text at left, with remaining text in red at right. This poster advertises for a performance of the ballet "Abraxas" from Werner Egk.
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This poster background is a blue-green gradient that starts as bright green at the top and descends into navy at the bottom. The title is in thick black pyramidal-stacked letters, with the remaining text in black at the top and bottom. This poster advertises for the performance "That Went up to Mt. Fuji", from Aitmatow and Muhamedshanow.
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This poster is green with a cartoon portrait of a male with close-cropped hair and a dark green bow tie, with white wings on either side. A laurel halo floats above. This poster is bordered by a rough green outline with trumpeting cherubim in each corner. The text is in dark green gothic script at the top and bottom. It advertises for the comic opera "Albert Herring" from Benjamin Britten.
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This poster depicts the mirror images of the same building in blue-scaled photograph, divided by a white zipper. The zipper has been pulled down halfway to reveal a red textured background. The text is in gray at the top which advertises for a comedy titled "The Eight Women" from Robert Thomas.
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This poster is mostly a yellow-beige with green stripes going in various directions from a center segment. Inside the segment are two palm trees on either side, with the opera title in large white letters. Outside the segment on either side is the remaining text in same green as the stripes. Advertises for a performance of Verdi's "Aida".
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This poster is brown and depicts a barefoot man in white with black hair and goatee, outlined in black. A knight's helmet is behind him to the left and a glove hanging down to the right. The man is holding a hat, apparently for donations. The text borders the image on all sides, with bottom text at the corners. It advertises for a "children's fairytale" titled "The Poor Knight", from Peter Hacks and directed by Karin Gregorek.
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This poster is blue and depicts a cartoon tree with limbs chopped off and scattered on the ground, and a large chunk cut out of the trunk turned into woodchips. The axe lays nearby. This poster's text is in white outlined in black on either side of the tree. It advertises for a drama titled "The Holy of Holies", by Ion Druţă and directed by Peter Sodann.
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This poster is green with a black and white depiction in the top center of an angel in the Victorian style. The text in darker green is at the top and bottom with performance title in white directly below the image. This advertises for a ballet titled "An Invitation to Dance", from Marius Petipa and Michail Fokim.
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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.
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This poster is black with a black on yellow titled followed by a white chalk-style description at bottom. The top features a white portrait of a man's face with open mouth comprised entirely of white chalk squiggly lines. This poster advertises for a performance of "The Auditor" from Nikolai Gogol.
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This poster is black with white text bordering all sides (Romeo und Julia are opposite each other in larger text left and right). A stylized red flame in in the center. This poster advertises for a performance of Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare.
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This poster is a black and white (predominantly black) blurred photo with an indistinguishable object, but probably a person. The title is in white and black on white on the top left and right sides. It advertises for a ballet performance of Romeo and Juliet from Sergei Prokofiev based off the work of William Shakespeare.
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This poster is off-white with black text bordering all sides but the right, where it is formatted normally. There is a black and white sketch slightly left of center that depicts dead trees with branches growing abnormally vertical and spiky. The poster advertises for a recital of Rainer Maria Rilke, read by Vera Oelschlegel and Hans-Peter Minetti.
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Poster is black with gray text at top. Depicts a white drama mask with red blush, broken in half, slightly left of center. Poster advertises for a performance of Verdi's opera "Riogletto".