PHOTO CREDIT: Above photo by John Rickman Photography, San Jose, California.

The ad below promotes the opening of the winter season of Teatro Beba, which was Beba Ezz el-Din's nightclub on Emad el-Din Street in Cairo, Egypt.

Source:
Al Ahram
Wednesday, October 4, 1939
Page 10

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TODAY OPENING OF THE WINTER SEASON AT TEATRO BEBA

Manager: Antoine Issa

Opening Program

STORY: Parcel Department
Written by Mohamed Ismael
Composed by Sayed Moustafa

SKETCH: Love of Army
Written by Mohamed Ismael
Composed by Sayed Moustafa

PLAY: Al Andalous.
Written by Gamel Gom3a,
Composed by Ahmed Sabra

DANCE: The Absent Lover.
Written by Gamel Gom3a and
Composed by Ahmed Sabra

Caption under Beba's picture on the right:
The Famous Artist Beba

Caption under picture on left:
The Famous Monologist Akila Rateb

Bottom Right Rectangle:
Starring in the Leading Roles Madame Akila Rateb

Middle Rectangle:
Director of the program, the Great Director El Oustaz Aziz Eid

Left Rectangle:
Leading the Troupe, The Famous Artist BEBA

Leading the Monologists: Ensaf Mohamed, Nadia El Aares, Soraya Helmi, Aida and Fifi, Sayed Souleiman

Leading the Dancers: Taheya Carioca, Khairia Sadki, Zaineb El Sudanya, Gamalat Hassan, Bianchia and Gina, Soad Abou, Beba Ibrahim, Saturnos Troupe, Trio Cubano, The beautiful Yolanda, Hilda

CABARET With a Special Program

Priscilla is a dancer of Lebanese heritage who enjoys researching the Golden Era of Egyptian dance. She owns a collection of more than one hundred classic black and white Egyptian films which is continually expanding.

Priscilla has also gathered a large library of dance related articles and clippings from Middle Eastern magazines and newspapers, many of which she has translated from the original Arabic to both English and Spanish.

Priscilla currently resides in Central America where she is a dance instructor.