Ben Hur opens in Boston with grand spectacle on stage
The Boston debut of Ben Hur staged by Klaw & Erlanger features William Farnum as Ben Hur, W. S. Hart as Messala, Adele Block as Iras, and Emmett Corrigan as Simonides. The production spans sixteen scenes with lavish sets including the Grove of Daphne and the Lake and Mt Olivet. The cast delivers solid performances and stagecraft, with praise for management, scenery, and chariot race realism.
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William Young
Lew Wallace
Young
Wallace
Desert
Star of Bethlehem
Palace of
Hur
Jerusalem
Ben Hur
Messala
Arrius
Simonides
Antioch
Daphne
Esther
Balthazar
Iras
Sheik Ilderim
Balthagar
Irag
Bn Hur
Sanballat
Pilate
Antonia
Amrah
Vale of Hinnom
Malluch
Olivet
Christ
Mt. Oliver
Boston
Messrs. Klaw & Erlanger
Francis Kingdon Gaspar
S. Thorpe Meichlier
Charles J. Wilson
Judah
Ithamar
William Farnum
S. Hart
Amrah Ara Arrius
W. S. Hart
Adele Block
EK. H. Sothern
Syren
Emmett Corrigan
Mary Shaw
Robert Elliott
Arius
Ben Teal
Nellie Thorne
Palms
Mt. Olivet
Prominent Guests Fill City Theatre Audience
A glittering crowd attended the performance with Gov. Murray Crane, Col. Harry Russell Ghanard, Mr. and Mrs. Fuller, and numerous notable families among the attendees. The report notes the audience was bright, engaged, and stayed to the end, highlighting prominent figures from politics, business, and society.
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Murray Crane
Col
Harry Russell Ghanard
Harry Robinson
Frank Fuller
E. Kelloggs
W. Bunlan
B. J. Keith
C. Bond
O. A. Shep
Kelley Uses Ancient Scales in Ben Hur Music
The article notes Edgar Stillman Kelley composing incidental and entr’acte music for Ben Hur. It highlights ancient Semitic scales, Greek modes, and mythic motifs like the Wise Men, Star of Bethlehem, and Daphne scenes, with themes of home, revenge, and sea imagery guiding acts and crescendos.
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Edgar Stillman Kelley
Isaiah
Bethlehem
Jerusalem
Ben Hur
Messala
Tras
Daphne
Kelley
Greece
Grova
Descriptive Critique of Orchestral Devices in Ben Hur Opera
The article analyzes how modern orchestral devices and Greek metres are used in a Ben Hur production. It notes motifs such as old Arabian scale in the fourth act and the Hosannah chorus in the Vale of Hinnom. It highlights the Mount of Olives reunion scene with a double chorus and canonic form.
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Sheik Ilderin
Vale of
Hinnom
Amrah
Ben-Hur
Esther
Mount of Olives
Jesus of Nazareth
Dressy Boston audience lights up theater with ornate gowns
A stylish crowd fills the Boston theatre with elaborate black and white costumes and vivid gowns. Mrs John Whepard, Mrs B F Keith, Mrs John McNally and others display lace trims and silk fabrics while guests in capes and Renaissance lace add to the refined scene as the audience departs resembling a European venue. Mrs William Apthor attends in black silk with white lace sleeves and leaves hatless.
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Boston
John Whepard
B. F. Keith
John McNally
Malta
H. Staples Potter
Edwin Swift
Miss Chick
Edward Mullen
William Harris
William ¥.Apthor
New York Cycle Races at Madison Square Garden
Frank L. Kramer won the twenty five mile professional race by a wheel from Bob Walthour with Tom Cooper close behind. Harry Elkes set an indoor record in the mile exhibition behind motor pace with 1 38 1 5. F. J. Caldwell of Hartford won the Christmas half mile amateur handicap after a five yard handicap. Time not fully shown.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Frank L. Kramer
Bob Walthour
Tom Cooper
Harry Elkes
F. J. Caldwell
Hartford
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