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BEN-HUR (1899 stage) BEN-HUR (1899 stage) program book, souvenir OR search current auctions Auction History Result 5h441 BEN-HUR stage play souvenir program book 1899 early production from Lew Wallace classic! Date Sold 3/6/2016 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Stage Play Souvenir Program Book (measures 9 1/2" x 11 1/2" [24 x 29 cm]; 36 pages) (Learn More) Ben-Hur, a 1899 - 1920 Ben Teal Broadway stage play production (based on the work by Lew Wallace and adapted by William W. Young). Edward J. Morgan portrayed Ben-Hur during the first season (followed by William Farnum), while William S. Hart played Messala. The key spectacle of the show recreated the novel's chariot race with live horses and real chariots running on treadmills against a rotating backdrop (though later productions sometimes used "mechanical" horses). The production opened at the Broadway Theater in New York City on November 29, 1899, and ran for 194 performances in its first season, before closing on May 10, 1900 (and opening again later that year). Ben-Hur became a hit show and ran for eighteen non-consecutive years on Broadway. The play's 21 year national tour included large venues in cities such as Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago and Baltimore. International versions of the show played in London, Sydney and Melbourne. When the play finally closed in 1920, it had been seen by more than twenty million people and earned over $10 million at the box office. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that we have pictured the front cover and an interior 2-page spread from this program. You can use these images to determine the exact condition of it from our super-sized image, but realize that there are some other pages you are not seeing. Condition: good to very good. Learn More about condition grades 
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