| Show SAEDOIPS THEEMIDOE Its Presentation Causes a Big Riot in Paris The Partisans of the Devolution Instigate It The Government Suspends Its Production Produc-tion for the Present Special to THE HERALD Kxamlner Cable PAKIS Jan 28 After PAUS 2SAfer the second per formance of Sardous Thermidor Monday night there was a riot in the streets near the theatre caused by the disorderly con duct of the extreme partisans of the ery revolu tion who were ejected from the theatre They hissed the audience as it left the theatre and shouted Down with Sardou Long live the republic In the streets a free fight ensued between the extrmeists and the police and it was extmeists difficulty that the latter difculty managed to keep a passage pasa through the enraged crowd for the audi ence However after some desperate tussels with rioters sote wih during winch a number L of arrests wero made the audience was enabled to leave the theatre surrounded on 1 all sides by the jeering howling mob The latter surrounded M Gustave Larroumet the director of fine arts just as Larroumet tered his carriage and he would undoubt edjy have been roughly handled had he not been recognized and rescued by the police polce I During the disturbance fifteen arrests weromade o the moatviolent of the riot ers Late that afternoon it was announced that in view of a possiblejserious disturb erious ance last night the government decided to suspend any further productions of Ther productons midor until further notice At tic theatre last night Coquelin Coqueln ap peared on the stage and informed the au dience that Molieres La Tartuffe would Tartute be given instead of Thermidor but the audience would none of it and the curtain had to be lowered It is said Coquelin in tends to prosecute M Lissagardy for hiss ing him and calling him Gambettas buf foon The audience departed greatly ex cited but no serious disorder ensued The theatre losses 500000 francs in advance I bookings in addition to the cost of the play |
