The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-06-13
a fAEATRiCAL UPROAR.:.
Further Details of the a TRACTION at the
AdelphI Theatre in London.

=" 10 a. a..
LONDON, June 12.-The scene which
took place tlhe Adelphi Theatre sa,ur
day night during tie performance Of Mr.
Wilkie Collins new drama, "Rank anS
Riches" ia sstill a matter Of lively discus
sion. All through the third act the risibil
ity and impatience Of the audience had
much increased, and on the fall Of the cur.
tain at the end Of 1t, much to their aston
ishment, Mr.. Auson, who played the part
of a refugee canary doctor, stepped before
III to make a speech. He commenced by
saying that he appeared as an apologist,
and then demanded the cause Of the be.
,havior Of the audience. A storm OF dis.
approval broke forth. Mr.. Anson then in
a most excited manner begged to recall to
the audience that he and his associates
were endeayoripg 10 do their best for a
''grand man and novelist" Here there
was a hearty burst Of applause, which
should Instantly have convinced Mr.. An,
son that the position and the rights Of the
audience were 'ufisssailable. r
rHEALrERcArloN. p..ao
Mr.. Anson, however, had completely
lost his head, He continued in the same
violent strain. Onlya few Of his remarks
could be heard amid the uproar. "Let the
curtain fall" he shouted, "bsfore you pro.
nounce on the play" and "one Of the
ladies is entirely prostrated by your con.
duct" and "This opposition, l dare Say, is
organized" Here, amid fresh storm, q
gentleman in.the dress circle shouted back
at times:-"You are entirely wrong, Mr..
Anson," and "We don't want 10 be lee.
tured." Others joined in the colloquy,
but the remainder Of this extraordinary
and unrehearsed scene was enacted amid
laughter, jeers, Kisses aud applause. Mr..
Ansou, after more gesticulations, retired.
! The fourth act proceeded with but q
slight elimination OF demonstrations, and at
the end, inresponseto TO y sarcastic call for
the aut.or, Mr.. ..Anson againappeared and
said that Mr.. Collins was not in the house,
a fact for which every right thinking man
must have felt grateful: The fact is that
the audience was decidedly patient and
entirely unbiased and prepared to receive
the piece with the respect due 10 so well
known Il novelist as Mr.. Wilkie Collins.
Their laughter was entirely spontaneous
and was caused solely by the absurdities Of
The play.'', Q, :" - = q 80. d. p ~ ~, -
THE PLOT.
The story is as follows, An. earl's
daughter and her mad sre;in love with
the same young man. There is another
maid, whose name her ladyship assumes
in an inn parlor at a meeting Of London
socialists; M elderly duke, who surrenders
his ailianced bride, the earl's daughter, to
a lawyers clerk, who early in the piece
has the misfortune 10 have one Of his ribs
broken in her ladyship's defense, and the
Italian refugee who makes his living by
doctoring sick birds. Such are some OF the
incidents and characters Of play which the
performers had the misfortune to repre- ent
ind which the novelist had the unaccount.
able and astonishing impulse to conceive.
That he should have produced such n
piece, that the managerof the theatre could
have allowed the reputation oil the novelist
to dazzle bis eyes, and that so experienced
an actor should have committed the indis.
cretion et challenging an audience to ex-
press It's feelings are mysteries of.literature
and OF human nature which only some
great philosopher could solve. 1t Is long
time since such scene llas been witnessed
In u London theatre.