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Souvenir album: scenes of the play Ben-Hur

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Description
Includes illustrated covers, music and songs from the drama, text from the original novel and the drama, illustrated with photographs from the stage production.
Names
Rockwood, George Gardner, 1832-1911 (Photographer)
Wallace, Lew, 1827-1905 (Author)
Young, William (Author)
Kelley, Edgar Stillman, 1857-1944 (Composer)
American Colortype Company (Publisher)
Teal, Ben (Stage director)
Klaw & Erlanger (Producer)
Byron, Joseph, 1847-1923 (Photographer)
Brooks, Joseph, 1849-1916 (Stage manager)
Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1900
Place: New York
Publisher: American Colortype
Library locations
Billy Rose Theatre Division
Shelf locator: MWEZ+ n.c. 27974.04
Topics
Religion in literature
Jews -- Persecution
Theatrical productions
Jesus Christ -- Drama
Wallace, Lew, 1827-1905. Ben-Hur
Genres
Programs
Photographs
Notes
Content: National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.
Creation/production credits: Copyrighted, 1900, by Klaw & Erlanger--Cover.
Statement of responsibility: Illustrations from flash-light photographs by Joseph Byron--Leave [2]
Content: Klaw & Erlanger's production of Gen. Lew Wallace's 'Ben-Hur'--Leave [2]
Statement of responsibility: Photographers include Rockwood and Joseph Byron.
Creation/production credits: 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.
Biographical/historical: 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.
Physical Description
Photomechanical prints
Extent: [40] leaves : ill., music ; 26 cm.
Type of Resource
Still image
Notated music
Text
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG99-B167
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14568854
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f1fb7fb0-55e3-0135-a1a8-3515c1be6c64
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