English: Poster from the Brodway premiere of Ben Hur. Adapted by William Young from the Lew Wallace novel. Music by Edgar Stillman Kelley, Produced by A. L. Erlanger and Marc Klaw
Manhattan Theatre, New York, NY, ca. 1899
Scenes of the chariot race grace most of the extant posters from this run. The play used real horses on treadmills.
Strobridge Lithography Company: Cincinnati and New York
The top caption reads in caps: "Klaw and Erlanger's stupendous production." Beneath this is the title against a red filed, and on each side is a circular medallion: the one on the left reads "Of General Lew Wallace's" and on the right "Dramatized by William Young Music by Edgar Stillman Kelley."
The image presents the famous chariot race, under which is the caption in caps: "Ben-Hur drives Sheik Ilderman's 'Stars of the Desert' to victory in the Antioch Circus, defeating his arch-enemy Messala."
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