GRAND THEATRE.
Tile romantic appeal of Lew. Wallace's
"Ben Hut" has ' kept it popular in the' Kntflish-suoaking world' while other works have flashed across the sky of letters and been long, forgotten. The story is one of revenge and of locc. Revenge that is sought by Ben Hur for .tho wrong done him and Jyi-j noble House- by ..the- Romans. When .the new -Senator, - Valerius Gratus, ia being welcomed to. Jerusalem, and as ho makes his triumphal way along crowded streets, a tile from an over-hanging roof falls, from the palace of Judah, Prince of Hur, and strikes his head That the occurrence was. an accident.is tn explanation which carries "no weight with tho Romans and Ben Hur is sent to tho galleys for iife, and his mother and sister to the hideous dungeon of Antohia. Ben Hur slaves in tho awful conditions'of the "galleys'.but never forgets his one purpose, in life, to avenge tho- indignity and suffering,.so unjustly done to his House. . A fine prologue introduces the story proper, Mr David, McGil! singing the .'■' Star of Bethlehem."
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19148, 3 November 1927, Page 14
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178GRAND THEATRE. Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19148, 3 November 1927, Page 14
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