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Ben Hur and Iras in a Poster for "Ben Hur"



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Title: Ben Hur and Iras in a Poster for "Ben Hur"
Description: Color lithograph poster on paper. Across the top in caps is the caption "Klaw and Erlanger's stupendous production," under which follows "Gen'l Lew Wallace's." Below that is the title, with "Dramatized by Wm. Young" below it and to the right. The image shows two figures staring into the heavens, over the bottom caption which reads: "'I would have thee believe, even as I believe, tho' His Kingdom, be not of this earth, His Power is from Above.' Ben-Hur Act VI, Scene 4."
Image ID: 89850
Creation
Date: 		1899 ca.
Creator
Name: 		Strobridge Lithographic Company
Collection
Name: 		WCFTR Posters
Genre: Posters
Additional
Information: 		The play was eventually performed by scores of touring companies, so it is somewhat speculative that these all belong to the original run. By 1916, film versions of the story began to displace the theatrical versions, and this adaptation formed the basis for two of those.
Subjects: Theaters
Posters
 

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Please Credit: Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research
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