I have now fini??hed all I propo??ed; I have ??hown in how aggravating a
manner, without any Rea??on a????igned, and at a Time a very con??iderable
Sum of Money was owing to me, I have been turn'd out of _Covent-Garden_
Theatre. The Manager of _Drury-Lane,_ tho' he can't but know what ju??t
Rea??ons I had for quitting him, has never apply'd to me to return, nor
made the lea??t Excu??e for not paying my Arrears, tho' due ??o long, and
after promi??ing Payment near a Year, notwith??tanding I have, for many
Years, not only endeavour'd, but ??ucceeded, in greatly promoting that
Manager's Intere??t, as is known to him??elf and his whole Company.
The Rea??on of my taking the Liberty to communicate the??e Things to the
Publick, is mo??t earne??tly to interceed for their Favour and Protection,
from whom I have always met with great Genero??ity and Indulgence: For,
as I have already declared, in a Letter publi??hed by me la??t Year in the
Daily Papers, that I had not a Fortune to ??upport me, independent of my
Profe????ion, I doubt not but it will appear, I have not made any
con??iderable Acqui??ition to it ??ince, having not received two Hundred
Pounds Salary for acting in Plays, Farces, and Singing; tho' other
Performers have received more than twice that Sum. I have, in
Con??ideration of the??e Hard??hips, been promi??ed the Protection of many
Ladies, to whom I have the Honour to be per??onally known, and will not
doubt the Concurrence of the Publick, in receiving my Performance in the
be??t manner I am, at pre??ent, capable of, which I ??hall always mo??t
gratefully Acknowledge.
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