Emery County Progress | 1905-12-16 | Page 2 | "Ben Hur."

BEN HUR the representative american drama of the age salt lake city utah among americans who are inspired by patriotic sentiment there cannot fall to be a sense of gratification that the most important play in the history of the stage world is the work of an Amer american icam that play Is ben hur the author general lew wallace since its original production in new york city the closing year 0 of the last century it has been presented in many foreign countries and languages and all have acknowledged acknowledge d its supe priority the attention paid it by rep personages of the world from the pope of rome to the king of england and the president of the united states has worked a healthy influence among all classes and today to attend a performance of ben hur is considered a part of the education of the rising generation the public of this vicinity vicin ity will have an opportunity to witness ben hur at the salt lake theatre salt lake city utah christmas week it Is I 1 s to be enacted tor for six nights starting december matinees are to be given on christmas day wednesday and saturday