East German Poster Database

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• Tanz Prisma '84/Choreographie: Dathe, Dorowa, Petipa, Riveros, Schaller, Schilling, Winkler/Musik: Adam, Mendelssohn, Chatschaturjan, Matthus, Tscaikowski, Solowjow-Sedoi, Spanische und Peruanische Volksmusik
  Poster is black with rectangle in center outlined in white. In center of rectangle is a white-outlined prism, with a rainbown emerging from top and top right. Larger rainbow emerges from top and top right of square. Text to lower left and at bottom. Advertises for "Prism Dance '84", featuring Spanish and Peruvian folk music.
• Trampelpfad/Jürgen Groß Katja Paryla Horst Weinheimer DT
  Poster is gray with rectangle at top featuring depiction of two dolls against background of different colored and sized cloth patches. One is male in business attire with briefcase, right arm raised. The other is female with arms outstretched, suspended vertically from two ropes at top right. Text below in black. Advertises for "Trail" from Jürgen Groß.
• Till/Narrenkomödie mit Muisk von G. Gorin nach dem Roman 'Ulenspiegel' von Charles de Coster ž DDR-Erstaufführung ž Städtische Bühnen Erfurt
  Poster is mostly green, representing a grassy area, with blue sky above and what appears to be a smoking fire top right. Title of performance bottom center in red, with title on "I" in form of a jester hat. Remaining text below in black. Advertises for the comedy "Till" from G. Gorin after the novel from Charles de Coster. Play's premiere in the DDR.
• Sławomir Mrożek/Tango/im Kleist Theater Frankfurt/Oder, Gerhart-Hauptmann-Straße
  Poster is black with large word "Tango" written across center in white. Playwright name written at top of "T" in black. Theater information at bottom. Advertises for "Tango" from Sławomir Mrożek.
• Theatertage der Jugend/Freidrich-Wolf-Theater Neustrelitz/FDJ-Bezirksleitung Neubrandenburg
  Poster dpeicts a sepia potograph of a young man's face with eyes and nose area in colored pencil portrait, which appears to have been "splashed" on. Text below in light blue on darker blue. Advertises for "Youth Theater Day" at Friedrich Wolf Theater.
• Giuseppe Verdi/La Travata/Deustche Staatsoper Berlin
  Poster is white with black line drawing of a woman who appears to be looking out of a window with curtains on either side. Text at top and bottom in black handwriting. Advertises for the opera "La Traviata" from Giuseppe Verdi.
• Kleist Theater/Frankfurt/Oder, Gerhart-Hauptmann-Straße präsentiert Neil Simons beliebte Broadway-Komödie/Regie: Horst Lebinsky Regiemitarbeit: Julia Michelis Ausstattung: Gerald Narr In den weiteren Rollen: Justus Carriére Undine Dreessen Kerstin Stöwahs
  Poster background is mint green with text in varying fonts, colors and sizes. Theater information top left corner in white, title in center in black block lettering shadowed in yelow. Advertises for "The Sunshine Boys" from Neil Simons, directed by Horst Lebinksy and starring Gerhard Rachold.
• Der Schuhu und die Fliegende Prinzessin/von Peter Hacks/Puppentheater Berlin DDR
  Poster depicts a winged man in a vest carryinging a princess in a nightgown in front of a large sun, with mountainous region below and a sword prominently stuck in the ground. Text at center in black on curve. Advertises for "The Owl and the Flying Princess", from Peter Hacks.
• Schwanensee/Ballett von Pjotr I. Tschaikowski/Komische Oper
  Poster is gray with large inset rectangle in black. Near bottom of rectangle, black appears torn away to reveal landscape of mountains. Title at top in white, with theater information below in black. Advertises for the ballet "Swan Lake" from Tschaikovsky.
• Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar/Sieben Wünsche/Schauspeil von Armin Müller/Kefir für Durst, Hirse für den Hunger, ein Lager für die Nacht und dich zu wäarmen eine Frau. Ein Dach für deine Freunde und Adlerschwingen für deinen schönsten Traum.
  Poster is white with black and white woodblock print of a the inside of a house with a couple embrancing, a woman setting a table, and a man walking through the door. A rainbow enters from the window and proceeds through the the right edge of the poster. Text above and below in black diagonal. Advertises for "Seven Wishes", from Armin Müller.
• Shakespeare im/Wolfgang Heinz liest Sonette/Mass für Mass Reige: Adolf Dresen/Leben und Tod König Richard des Dritten Regie: Manfred Wekwerth/Der Sturm Regie: Friedo Solter/Deutsches Theater Schumannstrasse 13a
  Poster is white with black abstract line drawing of William Shakespeare. Below are four rectangular shapes of varying color (gold, blue, red, green respectively) with black text detailing different performances. Title at top in black, theater information at bottom white on black. Advertises for four performances of Shakespeare's works: Sonnets, Measure for Measure, The Life and Death of King Richard III, and The Storm.
• Walter Bauer/HIOB Stimme aus dem Leunawerk versuch einer erinnerung allen die durch die tore der werke gehen Landes Theater Halle/Regie:Frieder Venus/Bernd Stichler
  Poster is black with white text in all caps, except for "HIOB" which is in green. Advertises for three performances by Walter Bauer, "The Voice of the Moon", "Searching for a Memory", and "All Go Through the Factory Gates". Works directed by Frieder Venus and Bernd Stichler.
• Schwarze Vögel/Komische Oper ž Tanztheater
  Poster is black with gold circle in center divided into quadrants. Each quandrant has a depiction of a scene from performance, clockwise: man upside down with blackbird to left, a couple in embrace, the priest performing ritual over a girl, group of armed men. Text at top in gothic script and bottom in gray. Advertises for the opera "Black Bird".
• Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar/Oper von Sandor Szokolay Samson DDR-Erstaufführung
  Poster is white with black graphite drawing of a nude man with head bowed appearing to push against two pillars on either side. Text in black diagonal at top. Advertises for the premiere in the DDR of the opera "Samson" from Sandor Szokolay.
• Die [?] behütete Tochter/Ballettkomödie/in der Komischen Oper Berlin
  Poster is white with woman in green dress floating in center with large red butterfly wings. Background is green, orange, red and pink dots on white. Text at top and bottom in green crayon script. Advertises for "The Protected Daughter", a comedic ballet.
• Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam DDR-Erstaufführung der Bühnenfassung von Osvald Tooming/Die Sieben Brüder nach A. Kivi
  Poster is black and white abstract depiction of a group of men, presumably seven brothers, in an agricultural setting, what appears to be a field with treeline in background. Text in black at top. Advertises for "The Seven Brothers" from A. Kivi.
• Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar Volker Braun Siegfried Frauenprotokolle Deutscher Furor Urauffü[rung]
  Poster is white with black graphite drawings of abstract woman flying through the air, tongue sticking out, with crown falling offf her head, towards dark creature with hornss at bottom right. Text at top and center. Advertises for "German Furor" from Volker Braun. Note: Word "Uraufführung" is cut off at bottom, as appears part of depiction, indicating poster may be in pieces.
• Deutsch Nationaltheater Weimar Uraufführung/Der Schuster und der Hahn/Ein Spiel von Menschen und Tieren von Armin Stolper
  Poster depicts a shoemaker with hen-like features (tail, legs, wings) playing a guitar. A woman to the left is throwing papers in the air and a man to the right is running away with a bloody axe. Title at bottom with remaining text left vertical. Advertises for "The Shoemaker and the Hen", a "play of men and animals from Armin Stolper". Play's premiere.
• F. Schiller 1759-1805 Goethe-Theater Bad Lauchstädt
  Poster is a black and white portrait of F. Schiller set inside decorative frame. Name with birth and death dates inscribed at bottom, with theater information below in black script.
• Theater in Potsdam/Wieder-eröffnun Haus Zimmer-straße/18. August 1974 in Potsdam/Theaterferien vom 8. Juli bis zum 11. August 1974 / Wiedereröffnung Haus Zimmerstraße mit der Premiere "Zement", Stück von Heiner Müller nach F. Gladkow, am 18. August. Weite
  Poster is off-white (probably due to age) with rectangle in center divided into gray, pink and red segments. Text above and below in black, with dates and description inside also in black. Advertises for the premiere of "Cement" from Heiner Müller to celebrate the reopening of the Theater in Potsdam after a break from July 8th through August 11th 1974. Premiere to be held on August 18th.
• 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.
• Die Schicht/Uraufführung Harald Gerlach Die Schicht Regie: Kiesewetter/Schauspielhaus Erfurt
  Poster is black and white photograph of what looks like cncrete blocks or bricks. Title carved into metal architectural detail in center, with remaining text carved into bricks bottom right. Advertises for the premiere of "The Shift", from Harald Gerlach directed by Kiesewetter.
• Der Troubadour/Landestheater Attenburg
  Poster is black with red and black checkered background at bottom and two boys jousting with spears in blue/red and green/red respectively superimposed. Title at top in red gothic script with theater information below in white. Advertises for "The Troubadour".
• Giuseppe Verdi/Der Troubadour il Trovatore/Text von Salvatore Cammarano/Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam/Musikal. Leitung G. Lienicke Inszenierung P. Brähmig Bühnenbild P. Heilein Chöre E. Lehnig In den Haputpartien E. Schumann, E.-M. Opitz, R. Riemer, A. Scheib
  Poster is red with black etchings of two men in medieval costume facing away from each other on either side of a triangle pointing downward from top to bottom in center of poster. Each man holds a sword. At bottom center is a smaller scale white etching of a woman lying on her side, holding her hand out. Title top center in white with black text on either side, remaining text at bottom in black. Advertises for the opera from Giuseppe Verdi, "The Troubadour from Trovatore", starring E. Schumann.
• Turandot/Oper von Ciacomo Puccini/Staatsoper Dresden
  Poster is a depiction of an Asian woman in traditional ceremonial costume in shades of yellow and blue. Text top right in black with blue text beneath. Theater information bottom right in blue. Advertises for the opera "Turandot" from Giacomo Puccini.