Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-10-03
COLORADANS CAN
NOW SEE BEN HUR

Denver. Sept. ss.-Kiaw 4 Erians-
cF's mass!yely ornate spectacle. Ben
Hur." Is TO be staged at the Broadway
theatre. Denver. for two weeks. Ocio-
Der 18th to :i,k. with matinees on
Wednesday and Saturday each week.
The dramaiixa,ion OF General Lew
wallaec's great novel has been seen
only In Ses York. Boston. Philsd.l-
phia. Brooklyn and Chicago during the
past four years. William Young. who
made the dFaniatlEatlon. has succeeded
uost admirably In the production OF =
drama which no; oniy retains the mos,
shsolute fidelity TO General Wallaees
gr-a; book. but which does NO; offend
the most d.yont Christian Professor
Edgar S;ilimaa Kelley. whose Nscbsth
score il remembered With pleasure. has
heishtened the solsmniiy Of Ben
Hur.- with music that is a positive de-
.iEht to the ear. The stage settings
provided by kia~ a ErianE.r have
never been equaiied In this country,
The pictures OF the Star uI Bethlehem.
the City OF Jerusalem from the terrace
garden OF the palae. Of HuE. the inic-
rior OF n Roman galley. the grove
OF Daphne. the fountain OF Cas,al!a.
the eha.to; race. th. vale OF Hinaotn
and the Moant o; Olives are rcaaaFsa-
bic exhibits of the best scenic art. To
these arc added some wonderful .s-
f-c;s In lightning. as IN the star OF
Brihl.hAtn. and Ia stage mechanics. as
In the famous ehsFto; race. The con-
triyaaees used to make the chariot
ran. eos; no less than $1,000. EiEhi
horses race ia full view OF the audi
enee. Each animal runs on s-rsFa,.
tread mill. ard the effect Of Hen Hufs
quartz, O. horses winning "a produced
~ electric papsr concealed beneath the
stage. IA lmmsase eyeiorarla repre-
.~n;ins the Interior cs the arena With
l,s multitude Of painted people l.
~hifisd aeEuss the stag. IN the oppo-
site direction from tha, which the
horses az. headed. greatly increasing
the Illusion. as the sudicrsc is sppar-
snily EolnE with th. racers This is
70; only a spectacular bat dramatic
success az veil.
TIE great scene which ciosss the play,
ts the hssiinE Of the lsp-ss on the
Noun, os olive. Here hundreds OF
people ar. arranged in picturesque
groups, the whole foFmluE one Of the
fnost b.au,ifui pictures which has ever
been put on the stage. Tn. personality
OF the Sasarsne is not shown IN the
play. but In this scene the nsarusss of
His presence is indicated with the
most intense impIsss;vsncss BY Q shaft
OF the purest white iisht. The drama
,ization is carefully constructed so as
to remove IL from the domain of the
so-cailed Passion plays. and while the
Saviour is only referred to. yet His
tremendous dominating power i fsli
With thrilling eTeCs
ben Hur' has played 90 larger r.
ceip,s and to more people than any
theatrical production either here or
abroad II has been on the stage but
little more than four years. which were
exhausted In runs in the five cities
named above. and II is fact worth re-
cortiing that the last week in each OF
these eiiics was amonE the biggest OF
the engagement.
Ben Hur- will remain at the Broad
way Theatre. Denver. for two weeks
only. The management will hli orders
ior ssa,es for any ct the performances
Of the two weeks. u accompanied by a
check or money order. in the order Of
their receipt. The box Office sale opens
Thursday. Oci Sth. Address all eum-
muuicaiious to Peter NcCourt. mana
ger broadway Theatre. Denver.