New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-28
"TIIERMTDOR" TAKEN FROM THE STAGE.
THE PERFORMANCE OF ANOTHER PLAY STOPPED
Lively SCENES At THE THEATRE

| LIVELY SCENES At THE THEATRE
| Paris JAM 27.-Late this afternoon IT an
nonnced that in view Of possible serious disturbances
tonight the Government had decided to suspend any
| further productions of "Thermidor' until further
notice.
The theatre in which "Thermldor- was produced wa
beslcgcd by an enormous crowd this evening and, in
spite Of their disappointment over the change In the
programme. the mob quickly packed the house after
the doors were opened. The rising Of the curtain
was the signal for violent rival cries O "Vive Thcrm
DOR \ has TheImidor,s etc. The umult Increased
in violence until the younger Coqucln stepped be
fore the curtain and said he was compelled ia
announce that the performance would proceed no
further and that the ticket money would be re-
turned at the doors The audience departed greatly
ea tied but no serious disorder ensued. The police
were vieilant and prevented crowds from gathering
outside the theatre.
II is rlmored that NJ Caretic has resigned and
that VI. Larroumet has been dismissed These rumors
are not confirmed however.
The theatre loses 100000 francs in advance book
ing, in addition TO the cost Of mounting the play.
In connection with the "ThcrmidOr" trouble, VI
Rcinach ha, secured permission to question the GOV
crnmcnt in the Chamber Of Deputies on Thursday
whether intends to assure order without detrmcnt
to liberty in dramatic art
Aftcr the second performanTs OF Sardou
Thcrmdor" last night there riot in
conduct Of the extreme partiSans Of revolution VINO
were elected from the theatre. They hssed the audi
cnce a. II left the theatre and shouted Down WITH
SarIou Long live the Republic In the streets a
free fight followed between the extremists and the
police and II with difficulty that the latter man
aged Keep passage through the enraged crowd pi
the audience. However. after some desperate tls>e'
with tie rioters. durng which number Of arrests
were made. the audience was enabled to leave the
theatre surrounded all sides by cerinC. howliu>
mob. The latter surrounded NJ. Larroumct, the ID
rector of Fine Arts. Just he had entered his car
race and he would undoubiedly have been roughly
had he not been recognized and rescued bY the
n'Ica in a charge made through N" mob During tho
disturbance fifteen arrests were mahe, but ohN TWO
sardou,s play "Thcrmdor' is as much political
plcadng a. a purely theatrical piece. lie wanted to
ro,ic French society under the Tcrrcur7 regime, and
he chose the month 81 Thcrmldor OF July, l'ef, dur
ing which Robc,pclTc, II. Just and Couthon. the
three principal leader, Of the revolutionary Committee
If pubic safety" were sent 20 the guillotne Oi
courS. Sardou the former f,voriic Of the Imperial
Court and the author Of the play RahagaS III whch
he attempted to carica;urc Gambetta must maze
handled without gloves those great Republican reVolu
tonists They had a. a colleague Carnot. the grand
father of the who f. now President Oi the fINlc
Ecpnblic: and despite the terrible deeds forced upon
their viii by patriotic necessities they have been al
| most admired and forgiven in measure, hy Such
impartial or conservative historians a. Michele' ara
La,nartnc VI. ~ardou. having probably painted the
cuoch Of the Tcrrcurr IN st darker colorS tnn was
vsrrani.d ly strict rpartiaty. might have expected
that the liberal and republican youth I'm the Par-
schools, workshop, and studios would loudly protest
again.t M, Thcrnidor" That portion of ure
Paris population is wont 10 give itself To such mani
feslations Under the Empire 1t actually prevented
IN give one instance playing at the Odeon Theatre
~ Ketlriete Marpchal' simply because H. autloI-
were openly Imperial partiSans. The literary ana
dramatic qualities OF hsrion have been even N'fl OF
bclitfed account of his too conservative opinions
by political advcrsarcs. who have charged MN WIZ
uneinri,m and literary piracy. and have declared that
he {, all" TO writ" only spectacular plANs. III"
Thcodnrl~ and Cleopatra II. however. he has no
friends among the Par, students wOrkmcn and artist
for uoflral or auv other he can rely on tn
support ~ The bourgeois and of large portion of the
press and the literary world.
The occurrence ot uOts like those reported nom
Paris a. Indicate that m" drtmati>t ma, a',
cntcds he men ~ the great French revolution
to such an extent that the cNcital" blood I i'iFl'
Republican, Ia, been set boiling with rage