[Theatre]. [Mexico]

Teatro "Peon Contreras" Empresa Galvez Torre y Palacios. Gran Compañia de Alta Comedia "Prudencia Grifell" [caption title]

[Merida]: Imprenta Constitucionalista, ca. 1910]. Broadside, approximately 10.5x15 inches. Previously folded. Two short, internal tears, with no loss of text or image. Evenly tanned; faint tide line at left margin. Good. Item #4868

Ephemeral, early 20th-century Mexican broadside for performances of a traveling theater troupe starring Spanish actress Prudencia Grifell at the Teatro Peon Contreras in Merida, Yucatan. The broadside lists members of the company and crew, the repertoire of plays to be performed (beginning with the comedy "Pipiola" by Spanish playwright Alvaro Quintero), ticket prices, and other relevant information. The advertisement is illustrated by photo portraits of Grifell and one of her fellow actors. Grifell began in the theater but went on to a long career in Mexican radio, film, and television following a self-imposed exile caused by the Spanish Civil War. She passed away in 1970 at the age of ninety-three, only a year after her final screen appearance. The Peon Contreras theater still stands in Merida, although it was seriously damaged by fire in 2022.

Price: $350.00