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Souvenir album : scenes of the play Ben-Hur.

Title
  1. Souvenir album : scenes of the play Ben-Hur.
Published by
  1. New York : American Colortype, c1900.

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Additional authors
  1. Rockwood, George Gardner, 1832-1911
  2. Wallace, Lew, 1827-1905
  3. Young, William
  4. Teal, Ben
  5. Kelley, Edgar Stillman, 1857-1944
  6. Brooks, Joseph, -1918
  7. Byron, Joseph
  8. Klaw & Erlanger
  9. American Colortype
Description
  1. [40] leaves : ill., music; 26 cm.
Summary
  1. 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
  1. National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.
Series statement
  1. Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923
Alternative title
  1. Ben-Hur.
  2. Tale of the Christ.
Subject
  1. Jesus Christ -- Drama
  2. Religion in literature
  3. Jews -- Persecutions -- Drama
  4. Theatrical productions -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1891-1900
  5. Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D. -- Drama
  6. Programs
Call number
  1. MWEZ+ n.c. 27974.04
Note
  1. Title from cover.
  2. "Klaw & Erlanger's production of Gen. Lew Wallace's 'Ben-Hur'"--Leave [2]
  3. "Illustrations from flash-light photographs by Joseph Byron"--Leave [2]
  4. "Copyrighted, 1900, by Klaw & Erlanger"--Cover.
  5. Photographers include Rockwood and Joseph Byron.
  6. 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)
  1. Also available in electronic form, digitized by The New York Public Library.
Biography (note)
  1. 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.
Title
  1. Souvenir album : scenes of the play Ben-Hur.
Imprint
  1. New York : American Colortype, c1900.
Series
  1. Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923
Additional formats
  1. Also available in electronic form, digitized by The New York Public Library.
Biography
  1. 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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  2. NYPL Digital Collections
Indexed term
  1. Programs
Added author
  1. Rockwood, George Gardner, 1832-1911.
  2. Wallace, Lew, 1827-1905. Ben-Hur.
  3. Young, William, dramatist.
  4. Teal, Ben.
  5. Kelley, Edgar Stillman, 1857-1944.
  6. Brooks, Joseph, -1918.
  7. Byron, Joseph.
  8. Klaw & Erlanger.
  9. American Colortype.
Added title
  1. Tale of the Christ.
Research call number
  1. MWEZ+ n.c. 27974.04
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