If
it ??hould be objected, That the Actors Demands are ??o exorbitant, that
the Managers cannot comply with 'em? I have already endeavoured to ??how,
that tho' two or three Salaries might be thought ??o in general, they did
not amount to more than had been allowed, and very con??iderable Profits
ari??ing to the Patentees. But there is a very melancholy In??tance, that
the Actors Demands is not the Rea??on of di??mi????ing 'em, but the Will of
the Manager alone; since la??t Sea??on an Actor and Actre??s returned to
_Drury-Lane_ under ??uch Abatements as that Manager thought proper, and
??uch as were in no degree equal to their Merit; and yet, at the
beginning of this Sea??on, were di??mi????ed, after having been from their
Infancy on the Stage, and having no other Profe????ions to live by, and
very numerous Families to ??upport.
The Manager of _Drury-Lane_ tho' he can't but know I am di??engag'd from
the other Theatre, has not made any Application to me to act with him,
which he has done to ??everal others who quitted that Stage at the Time I
did: The Rea??ons which obliged me to leave him ??till ??ub??i??t: He owes
me a Hundred and Sixty Pounds, twelve Shillings, which he has
acknowledged to be ju??tly due, and promi??ed Payment of it by la??t
_Chri??tmas_ to a Per??on of too great Con??equence for me to mention here,
the greater Part of it Money I expended for Cloaths for his U??e.
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