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BEN-HUR (1899 stage) BEN-HUR (1899 stage) program book, souvenir OR search current auctions Auction History Result f488 BEN HUR souvenir album 1900 stage play! Date Sold 9/20/2005Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Souvenir Album (measures 10" x 12") (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. Condition: good. This vintage movie paper item (or related movie memorabilia) is in from somewhat lesser condition (what most collectors might call "good to very good" or "good") to clearly lesser condition (what some collectors might call "fair" or "poor"). The item offered here has defects typical of many items that are up to 100 years old! Some are mainly only in the borders or on the covers (if it is an item with multiple pages), so it is likely that the item can still be displayed and enjoyed. Please look at our "super-sized" image, as it will greatly help you know what condition this item is in! But also remember that some of these items have defects that may not be seen from our images (either because we did not photograph every part of the item, or because they are the sort of defect that is not easily seen). Please do not bid on this item unless you can accept the defects that it has! But also know that we were extremely harsh in grading these items we are currently selling, because we wanted our buyers to be at least satisfied when they received their purchase, and possibly overjoyed! We downgraded many items to this lower condition grade because they had defects that are enough that we would not grade them as "very good", but we would still think many collectors would be happy with those items. If our super-sized image seems to be in nicer condition than you would expert the item to be in, know that it is likely a result of our having graded these items so harshly! Learn More about condition grades 
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