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1863 · 100728 — <p>Boston F.A. Searle Printer 1863 1863. Very good. - A 10-1/8 inch high by 5-3/8 inch wide broadsheet playbill for the Boston performance of the "French Spy or - The Fall of Algiers" starring Isabella Cubas. The credits with her name are boldly printed on the top third of the sheet followed by an overlay boldly titled with the name of the play "The French Spy" printed on 2-3/8 inch high by 5-3/8 inch wide sheet followed by a list of the cast and concluding with the opening play "To commence with the Laughable Farce entitled Somebody Else!" This overlay is tipped over the title of another performance by Isabella Cubas "Queen of Pantomimists and Unrivaled Danseuse" in her "Third Appearance in the Unparalleled Representation of Protean Character supported by the company and auxiliaries. New Scenery and Appointments! New Dances Marches &c." Another overlay listing the prices of admission printed on 1-1/2 inch high by 5-3/8 inch wide paper is tipped over the title of the farce. The playbill is mounted onto heavier 10-5/8 inch high by 7-1/8 inch wide cream stock. There is some minor darkening and soiling. Very good.</p><p>The Spanish ballerina danseuse and pantomimist Isabella Cubas 1831-1864 performed as a soloist in Madrid when she was 13 years old. Having appeared in prominent Spanish theaters and performed in Turin and Milan before she was 20 she was honored by Emperor Francis Joseph and his court at the Gello and Teatro San Benedetto. She then toured Venice Bucharest Odessa Alexandria Cairo Brussels Paris and London. She joined Ambrogio Martinez's Spanish Dance Company at the Royal Theater of Madrid and was the prima ballerina assoluta at the Naum Theatre in Istanbul. Following appearances at most of Europes' top opera houses she made her debut in Canada and performed in New York and Philadelphia before touring America with a full corps de ballet. She first decided to attempt pantomime acting performing in The French Spy at Nixon's Cremorne Garden on October 6 1862. She subsequently worked under Wyzeman Marshall at the Boston Theatre in 1863.</p> Boston, F.A. Searle, Printer, 1863,