East German Poster Database

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• Untern Linden, Untern Linden- Revue in der Oper: Friedrichstadtpalast in der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin
  This poster is black with an abstract depiction of a woman wearing a Musketeer-style hat and jester-style belled sleeves and pants. The outfit is composed of stripes in red, white, blue, yellow, orange and green, with a female's face in the pants. The text is in white at the top and bottom of the poster. This poster advertises for an opera revue around the song "Untern Linden, Untern Linden" by Marlene Dietrich.
• Auf der Drehscheibe der Opernbühne Leipzig: Jakob Lenz- Kammeroper von Wolfgang Rihm- Libretto frei nach Büchners „Lenz” von Michael Fröhling
  This poster is white with a profile silhouette of Jakob Lenz facing right. The profile is composed of black horizontal lines and blue, red, and green vertical swathes of color. The same swathes are behind the black text at the top. This poster advertises for the opera "Jakob Lenz" from Wolfgang Rihm.
• Leipziger Schauspiel: Weiter…Weiter…Weiter…? Das Sicherste ist die Veränderung/Theater im Aufbruch/Künstlerische Selbständigkeit/Neues Programm/Offen für's Experimentelle und Bewährte/
  This poster is black with a square frame in center with top and bottom orange and left and right pink. A green egg rests on the bottom of the frame. The title is in white at the top and bottom, while the text at the left and right alternating in white and black on red. This poster advertises for several performances, including "Station" from Holger Teschke, "The Hen" from Stefan Schütz, Shakespeare's "Hamlet", and and Heiner Müller's "Leipziger Song Spectacle", which included singing, dance, music, and scenes.
• Amadeus/Peter Schaffer/Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam
  Poster is black with blacka and white line drawing of Mozart as a younger man holding sheet music in his left hand with more at his feet. Text in white at top and black at bottom. Advertises for a performance of Peter Schaffer's "Amadeus".
• Neue Szene Gottschedstraße 16 Leipziger Theater/Heiner Müller/Die Schlacht/Draußen vor der Tür Wolfgang Borchert
  Poster is black with white text and "Die Schlacht" in red dripping blood. Depicts a white crevice as if black door is opening in center. Advertises for "The Slaughter" from Heiner Müller and "Outside the Door" from Wolfgang Borchert. Red border at bottom.
• Montagabend/Filmriss/Männergeschichten/Uwe kant Fahrt mit Persigehl/Uwe Saeger Dritter Brief von Herz/Horst Matthies Filmriß/Stephan Dettmeyer Frei von der Leber weg/Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam
  Poster is white with black text. Large letter "M" in white with black dots at top in black square, with "Montagabend" (Monday Evening) below in white. Advertises for stories of mental black-outs, including "Trip with Persigehl" from Uwe Kant, "Three Letters from the Heart" from Uwe Saeger, "Mental Black-out" from Horst Matthies, and "Free from the Way of Love" from Stephan Dettmeyer.
• Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam/»Martha«/Oper von Friedrich von Flotow
  Poster is pink with purple line drawing of a woman with an umbrella. Text in purple script verticle left and bottom left. Advertises for the opera "Martha" from Friedrich von Flotow.
• Montagabend/Weisse Rose/Szenen für Zwei Sänger und fünfzehn Instrumentalisten von Udo Zimmermann nach Texten von Wolfgang Willaschek/Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam/Probebühne
  Poster is black with with uneven white text. Large white letter "M" at top, with "Montagabend" (Monday Evening) below in white. Advertises for a performance of Udo Zimmerman's "White Rose", based on the text by Wolfgang Willaschek.
• Ingeborg/Kleines Theater am Alten Markt/Komödie von/Curt Goetz
  Performance title and playwright text are white on navy, with remaining text in difficult to read navy on navy. Borders at top and bottom in gold, and also above and bewlo navy-scale portrati of a woman whose face is obscured by what appear to be animal ears with eyes and body obscured by tiles. Advertises for "Ingeborg", a comedy from Curt Goetz.
• Schloßtheater im Neuen Palais/Der eingebildete Kranke/Moliere/Hans-Otto-Thetaer Potsdam/Komödie
  Poster is off-white and speckled with red. Text in gray top and bottom with "Moliere" in larger red caps. Center features circa 18th century depiction of a wigged man and woman standing on either side of a seated individual who is pointing to the woman at right. Advertises for Moliere's "The Imaginary Invalid".
• Match/Jürgen Groß/Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam
  Poster is blue-purple with abstract red depiction of an individual wearing a starred shirt holding a mask over their face by means of a string held above their head. Mask is white at bottom. Alternatively, face is white and mask only reaches to middle of face. Text in red handwritten script, vertical bottom left and at top. Advertises for "Match" by Jürgen Groß.
• Montagabend/Das kann nicht alles sein/Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam/Szenen, Prosa, Lyrik/Volker Braun/Premiere 10. Mai 1984
  Poster is white with green text. Large gold letter "M" at top in green square, with "Montagabend" (Monday Evening) below in white. Advertises for a performance of Volker Braun's "That Can't Be Everything", premiere on May 10th 1984.
• Wie der König zum Mond wollte/Puppentheater Berlin
  Poster is yellow fading to light aqua at edges. Text in painted blue, with red print beneath. Depicts pencil-sketched drawing of a boy wearing a crown, holding a color puppet wearing the same crown with arms extended toward the moon. Advertises for the puppet play "How the King Wanted the Moon".
• Die wunder=same/Schustersfrau/eine tolle Volkskomödie von F.G. Lorca/im Kleinen Theater am Alten Markt Hans-Otto-Theater
  Poster is white with red handwritten tet. In center is a green hand-drawn depiction of a man with a beard and mustache wearing a hat. The man holds up a portrait in red in his right hand of a woman in a dress waving. With his left hand he points to the portriat. Advertises for "The Incredible Mrs. Schuster", a folk comedy from F.G. Lorca.
• W.A. Mozarts/Opern im Schlosstheater des Neuen Palais/Der Schauspeil=Direktor/Zaide/Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam
  Poster is white with black text in various fonts (Script, print, and decorative). In center is an oval with black and white line depiction of a stage with an Eastern architectural structure and lightning above. Three individuals, heavily made-up, stand in front of the stage, the left in a top hat, the center in a trench coat, the right a woman holding a fan. Advertises for Mozart's opera "Zaide".
• Montagabend/Alexander Gelman/Protokoll einer Sitzung/Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam
  Poster is off-white (probably due to age) with black text. Large letter "M" at top in black square, with "Montagabend" (Monday Evening) below in white. Advertises for a performance of Alexander Gelman's "Protocol of a Meeting".
• Schiller/Kabale+Liebe/Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam
  Poster is green with blue text. Depicts white shape of a leg and foot turned inward, bottom left, with blue shape of a boot at right turned opposite direction and appearing to ste on the foot. Advertises for Schiller's "Intrigue and Love".
• Gespenster/Familiendrama von Henrik Ibsen/Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam
  Poster is white with light green depiction of an hour glass with top removed to allow two old men to appear stuck within it, plus a skull with a top hat. Depiction outlined in black. Text in darker green at top and vertical at left an right. Advertises for the family drama "Ghosts" from Henrik Ibsen.
• Shakespeare/Der Kaufmann von Venedig/Schauspielhaus Leipziger Theater
  Poster background is diveded roughly diagonally between red at right and left which is further divided in opposite diagonal between yellow and green. At bottom left is a black silhouette of a bearded man in profile with mouth agape. At top right is a profile of man facing opposite direction, with gray shadow behind. Advertises for Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice".
• Guiseppe Verdi/Operhaus Leipzig/Macbeth
  Poster background is purple, with depiction of an hourglass filled with drippin blood and a jeweled crown at top. Text in white at top with red underneath. Advertises for a performance of Verdi's "Macbeth".
• Mozart/Die Zauberflöte/Leipziger Theater/Opernhaus
  Poster is abstract depiction of a ying-yang in yellow, set as if a sun or moon in a dark sky streaked with purple, yellow and white. Text in white at bottom. Advertises for Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute".
• Maria Stuart/Sergej Slonimski/DDR-Erstaufführung/Operhaus Leipzig
  Poster is black at top with depiction of nude blindforlded woman in profile with a small wite crown on top of her head. Background at bottom is diagonal black and blue lines, with depiction itself sharply geometric. White text at top. Advertises for the DDR premiere of "Maria Stuart", from Sergej Slonimski.
• Idomeneo/Mozart/Opernhaus Leipzig
  Poster features altered depiction of Venus kneeling in the middle of a scallop shell with cloak or scarf over her shoulders. Image composed entirely of lines, in orange, red, black and white. Sea depicted as a circular vortex around shell. Text in white and red at top. Advertises for Mozart's opera "Idomeneo".
• Landes Theater Halle/Die Insel/Regie: Bernd Stempel Ausstattung: Barbara Albrecht/Die Insel/Athol Fugard & John Kani Winston Ntshona
  Poster features abstract depiction in mostly shades of green of a a featureless individual behind bars. Depiction is placed on background divided horizontally between green and white. Text at bottom in black. Advertises for a performance of "The Island", from Athol Fugard and John Kani, directed by Bernd Stempel.
• Bühnen der Stadt Nordhausen/Ein Kindermärchen in zwei Aufzügen von Peter Hacks/Maries Baby/Uraufführung Regie: Andreas Neu
  Poster is yellow and speckled with black heaviest top left. Text in white on black. Features depiction of Madonna and child, both with red halos and Madonna with red stars surrounding. Advertises for "Marie's Baby", a children's fairytale from Peter Hacks directed by Andreas Neu. Play's premiere. Note: May be signed by artist on back.