text:  With the exception of two gentlemen who had been dining out and were rather noisy in consequence and evinced a strong inclination occasionally to take a part in the dialogue all behaved wonderfully well greeting each performer as he made his first entrance with a due amount of cheering; rapturously applauding all the best scenes; laughing (whether at the raciness of the acting or the grotesque metamorphoses of the actors made no great difference ) and filling up any gap which occurred in the proceedings on the stage in spite of the prompter with vociferous encouragement to the "sticket" actor