Research Catalog

Title

Souvenir album : scenes of the play Ben-Hur.

Publication

New York : American Colortype, c1900.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Rockwood, George Gardner, 1832-1911.
• Wallace, Lew, 1827-1905.
• Young, William
• Teal, Ben.
• Kelley, Edgar Stillman, 1857-1944.
• Brooks, Joseph, -1918.
• Byron, Joseph.
• Klaw & Erlanger.
• American Colortype.

Description

[40] leaves : ill., music; 26 cm.

Summary

Includes illustrated covers, music and songs from the drama, text from the original novel and the drama, illustrated with photographs from the stage production

Donor/Sponsor

National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.

Series Statement

Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923

Alternative Title

• Ben-Hur.
• Tale of the Christ.

Subjects

• Jesus Christ > Drama
• Religion in literature
• Rome > History > Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D > Drama
• Jews > Persecutions > Drama
• Programs
• Theatrical productions > New York (State) > New York > 1891-1900

Note

• Title from cover.
• "Klaw & Erlanger's production of Gen. Lew Wallace's 'Ben-Hur'"--Leave [2]
• "Illustrations from flash-light photographs by Joseph Byron"--Leave [2]
• "Copyrighted, 1900, by Klaw & Erlanger"--Cover.
• Photographers include Rockwood and Joseph Byron.
• Souvenir program for the stage production of Ben-Hur, dramatised by William Young, staged by Ben Teal, vocal and instrumental music composed by Edgar Stillman Kelley, and business direction by Joseph Brooks.

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available in electronic form, digitized by The New York Public Library.

Biography (note)

• The stage production opened Nov. 29, 1899 at the Broadway Theatre, New York, N.Y. Other New York productions include one at the New Amsterdam Theatre, Dec. 1911, and another at the Manhattan Opera House, Nov. 1916. Film adaptations include the 1925 version with Ramon Navarro, May McAvoy, Betty Bronson, and Francis X. Bushman, and another in 1959 with Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd, and Martha Scott.

Call Number

MWEZ+ n.c. 27974.04

OCLC

NYPG99-B167

Title

Souvenir album : scenes of the play Ben-Hur.

Imprint

New York : American Colortype, c1900.

Series

Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923

Additional Formats

Also available in electronic form, digitized by The New York Public Library.

Biography

The stage production opened Nov. 29, 1899 at the Broadway Theatre, New York, N.Y. Other New York productions include one at the New Amsterdam Theatre, Dec. 1911, and another at the Manhattan Opera House, Nov. 1916. Film adaptations include the 1925 version with Ramon Navarro, May McAvoy, Betty Bronson, and Francis X. Bushman, and another in 1959 with Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd, and Martha Scott.

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Indexed Term

Programs

Added Author

Rockwood, George Gardner, 1832-1911.

Wallace, Lew, 1827-1905. Ben-Hur.

Young, William, dramatist.

Teal, Ben.

Kelley, Edgar Stillman, 1857-1944.

Brooks, Joseph, -1918.

Byron, Joseph.

Klaw & Erlanger.

American Colortype.

Added Title

Tale of the Christ.

Research Call Number

MWEZ+ n.c. 27974.04