It was played five nights with success, but, on the sixth, when, according to the old theatrical custom, the receipts went to the author of the adaptation, the performance was interrupted.

"A set of young men," writes Mr.Victor, "who called themselves 'The Town,' had consulted together and determined to compel the manager to admit them at the end of the third act at half-price to every performance except in the run of a new pantomime; and they chose to make that demand on the sixth night of 'The Two Gentlemen of Verona,' though it was printed on the playbills 'for the benefit of the author of the alterations.'" The performance of the play was actually forbidden.

One Mr.Fitzpatrick, who was the avowed ringleader of the reformers, harangued the audience from the boxes, and set forth in very warm language the impositions of the managers, vehemently pleading the right of the public to fix the price of their bill of fare.

Garrick came forward to address the house, but was received with a storm of disapprobation, and refused a hearing.
The uproar continued; the benches were torn up, and the lustres and girandoles broken.

Ultimately, the money taken at the doors was returned to the audience, and the theatre cleared.
On the following night, Mr.Mallet's tragedy of "Elvira" was played for the first time.