GRAND THEATRE.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19153, 9 November 1927, Page 17

GRAND THEATRE.

The romantic appeal of Lew Wallace s "Ban Hur" has kept it popular in tno English-speaking world while otlior works have flashed across the sky o£ letters and been long forgotten. The story is one o revenge and of love. Revcngo that j s by Ben Hur for the wrong done him ana his noble House by the Romans. V hen the new' Senator, Valerius is being corned to Jerusalem, and " ho makes triumphal way along crowded Ejects, a tie from an overhanging roof falls * ro *" ; . palace of Judah, Prince of Hur, and stnk. . his head. That the occurrence was an acci dent is an explanation which carries. no weight with tho Romans, and Ben Hur is sent to tho galleys for life, and his motl '® r and sister to the hideous dungeon o£ Antonio. Ben Hur slaves in the awful conditions of the galloys, hut' never forget his one purpose in lifo to avengo the indignity and suffering so unjustly done A fine prologue introduces the story proper, Mr David McGill singing tho ' Star ot Bethlehem." Tho Grand Orchestra, ally augmented for the season, interprets musical score written for the picture, and a quartet sings "Abide with Mo during the Crucifixion scenes.