Shakspere to Sheridan; a book about the theatre of yesterday and to-day . xactors and actresses that year was only about £3 loj. aweek.* It is not surprising, therefore, to find that some ofthe players needed pensions or other aid when they grewold. The stage, in fact, had had its pensioners for a longtime. Downes, for example, notes that Charles Hart, thechief actor of the Kings Men, who left the stage in 1682,in broken health, received from the United Company asalary of a week to the day of his death.^ Cave Un- 1 Chalmers, Apology, pp. 433, 449, 452; Thaler, Modern Language Notes,XXXVI
Shakspere to Sheridan; a book about the theatre of yesterday and to-day . xactors and actresses that year was only about £3 loj. aweek.* It is not surprising, therefore, to find that some ofthe players needed pensions or other aid when they grewold. The stage, in fact, had had its pensioners for a longtime. Downes, for example, notes that Charles Hart, thechief actor of the Kings Men, who left the stage in 1682,in broken health, received from the United Company asalary of a week to the day of his death.^ Cave Un- 1 Chalmers, Apology, pp. 433, 449, 452; Thaler, Modern Language Notes,XXXVI, 88-91. 2 Roscius AnglicanuSy pp. a, 35; McAfee, Pepys on the Restoration Stage, p. 301- 3 J. F. Scott, Historical Essays on Apprenticeship, p. 23; cf. HenslowesDiary, I, 78; Curlls Life oj fVi/ks, p. 23- * Notes and Queries, 6th Series, XI, 461-462. Roscius Anglicanus, p. 39; cf. Lowe, Betterton, p. 126. ^ILIL/\ I K t aUYA [.,DITFRT T r At the t<-<[urll nJ niliiv :, the B ,,.h .? . c . WIDOW ORPflAN ()• Lite Mr. S T O R A C Thkatr£ - Royal,HAYM AR K EI\ For iLc LlAsl-i. - ^^The FOU R TO UNO il . -1 o R F 1: ._Of the Late Miu P A L M li R. WILL l- I .. ..u The he ili at LAW,And olhcr Enterxa I// r /
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