 In 1893, however, he responded to a request from actor-manager George Alexander for a serious play for the opening of his renovated St. James's Theatre, and wrote a long drama, "Guy Domville", which Alexander produced.There was a noisy uproar on the opening night, 5 January 1895, with hissing from the gallery when James took his bow after the final curtain, and the author was upset.The play received moderately good reviews and had a modest run of four weeks before being taken off to make way for Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest", which Alexander thought would have better prospects for the coming season.