[1] Ben-Hur was an 1899 Broadway theatrical adaption of the novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1880) by Lew Wallace. The play was dramatized by William W. Young and produced by Marc Klaw and A. L. Erlanger. Inspired by the success of Wallace’s popular novel, the stage production was notable for its elaborate use of spectacle. It had six acts with incidental music written by American composer Edgar Stillman Kelley. In 1902, Arthur Collins produced the London production of Ben Hur at the Drury Lane theatre.
The Diaries of my Great-Great-Aunt Kate 