February 25 - this day in history

If I remember correctly, at just one point in the play Victor Hugo deliberately broke the official rules of French versification. People knew about this in advance and there was a near riot at the premiere when the offending line was spoken, with a fracas between Hugo's supporters and the traditionalists. These things matter. Mind you, the fracas was far less than the one at the premiere of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring.