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Benjamin Britten: Ein Sommernachtstraum

Item

Identifier: PA-0004
Title: Benjamin Britten: Ein Sommernachtstraum
Creator: Wendt, V.
Organization: Opernhaus Leipzig--Performances--Germany (East)
Date Created: 1989
Extent: 81 x 57
Description: This poster is blue with a silhouetted, anthropomorphized bush in center. A crescent moon is shown behind the bush to give the illusion of horns. The poster advertises for an opera adaptation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream by Benjamin Britten, to be performed at the Leipzig Opera House.
Subject: Theater; Opera; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Medium: Theatrical Posters
Spatial Coverage: Leipzig

Item sets: East German Posters