AMUSEMENTS.
GRAND THEATRE. Tic romantic appeal of Lew Wallace's "Etn Hur'' has kept it popular in the Knglisli-speaking world while other works have flashed across the eky of letters and been long forgotten. When the new Senator, Valerius Grains, is beins welcomed to Jerusalem, and as he makes his triumphal way a ions crowded streets, a tile from an overhanging roof fulls from the palace of Judal), Priilio of Hur, and strikes his head. That the occurrence was an accident is an explanation which carries no weight with the Romans, and Ben Hur is sent to the galleys itr li:e, and his mother and sister to the hideous dungeon of Antonio.
A line prologue introduces the story proper, Mr David McCJill singing "The Star of Bethlehem." The Grand Orchestra, specially augmented for the season, interprets a musical .score written for the Picture, and a (jiiartet sings "Abide with'ife"' during the Crucifixion scenes.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19160, 17 November 1927, Page 14
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152AMUSEMENTS. Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19160, 17 November 1927, Page 14
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