PLAY HOWLED DOWN.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1361, 12 February 1912, Page 3

PLAY HOWLED DOWN.

"THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTEEN WOULD." The first production in New- York of Mr. Synge's play, "The Playboy of the Western World," performed in N'ew Yoric on November 27 bv the Dublin Flavors, caused a serious riot at Masine Ellmit's Theatre. .Many Irish were in tho audience, and, declaring that the pkiy was an insult to Ireiuid. they petted liie performers with potatoes and eggs, hooted, and continued tlteir disturl.-uice for nearly lull an hour. The pohce were summoned, aiiil they expelled over nuy rioters au-.i arreste.i ten, wiu to-dav were fined irom Xi to 10s. each. Tiie simiii-:iec siiowed some hostility s'Kin .alter liie curtain ro-c, ana ino rioting began where the inniiro'.er su-;-gests that his liaujiaivr sl-.-.tiid at the inn v.illi a yi.u!;'i man while to gees to a wake. A n.'.-.n in evening sluviios ~o s. , J,, t;, O 5 ( ; ,,;, ril .,| f l,jiil ai: "it's a shame, put Yin off!" As if this were a lonccrtcd signal, se-, (r.ii luui'li-ed.s oi peepm m aii i-uii.i of the hall big.m to hiss, a:::! to "yell: "They're disgracing .irele.u.il it's . hao:eftil:" Deuiycd \eg. ti'.b-.e:- an'.! o;g.s \,-:w tiiroivii at tiis p,a\e:-s, aiid one Jr'.shman was so 'excited tuat !ie threw a s'iver v.atc'u, and ;inot.V-r a ;;. b! cigarette ca-.e; A potato stiuck .Miss i'.l'v.be, ihe Icaiiir-g la ly, on the head, am! another hit Artuur Sinclair, the leaiii;:;; nan. Viomcn in the audience were m> uc:iioiisliativ« 3i the men. TVy...'..--.v. tri"d to conlinue, but for 'en ii:i;:t:U'.- lln-v could i:-.-t prece-i. Tiie ccrtaYl was iov. c -,l, o:e.l feventv il-.e )>/,■:-■ enb:-:'i the tiro;,-;' an/i! u'.rliic .ier.- 'ied/cd. .'iier q.'iei' !..-. I bAn i\ami" iuiMvap:^ . Aiioi'-i- riot abi-ost oc., nrrd later lather, is immci'-t c!y gin a job by ih? inn .e'per. Ivor vcli-div-'-c 1 «'.,._■'•;. in the balcony aroie and s'l'-utcd: ""lYui cow a rely men! You cowar. .y men, to 'et a disgraceful thing like this go on!" Every lew minutes a spectator would leave the theatre, loudly hissing as he moved up the a'sle. line iv,'!i;:in in a i:>x kept en hissing throughout: tiie performance. Several fVrl.'ts occurred in the audiene:, as those I'avotiriiig tiie play attenipted to arguo with the Irish element. Some p2,-ceful-:iiii!t!c:l spectators accompanied Ihe prisoners to the Court to testify to their rowdv c-nduct. Among these' were .Miss llns-'na Knr.r.eti, grandniece of tho Irish patriot. Jlany distinguished New York people in the theatre expressed sympathy with the players, and' declared that Ihe riot was a <i;*gvac» to the city. The pbiy vis iojn;>io-l the fo'.iowing night under a slrong police guard.