Abstract
The height of the theatre in the 19th Century left a permanent mark in the Mexican journalistic production during that time. In 1841, El Apuntador, the first weekly publication dedicated to the stage came out, and apparently in 1893 El Teatro Político, the last surviving journal, ceased being published. Ever since they first appeared, weekly works and theatrical magazines attempted to contribute to the development of the theatre in México, through promotion and advertising of operas, drama and, to a lesser extent, the zarzuela. However, this noble desire of educating and cultivating the public in the scenic arts did not oppose the enterprising spirit, as historiography has wanted to show.