Shakspere to Sheridan; a book about the theatre of yesterday and to-day . THE PLAYHOUSES 269 pany whom his Tatlers had not made better by his publickRecommendation of them. And many Days had ourHouse been particularly filld by the Influence and Creditof his Pen. ^ Though no attempt was made to pay Steele by givinghim advertisements for the Tatler^ he did not go unre-warded. As Cibber plainly said later, when he facedSteele in the courts, it was the filling our Houses by theForce and Influence of his Tatlers and Sir Richardsassuring us they should be continued that won him hisshare in the Drury
Shakspere to Sheridan; a book about the theatre of yesterday and to-day . THE PLAYHOUSES 269 pany whom his Tatlers had not made better by his publickRecommendation of them. And many Days had ourHouse been particularly filld by the Influence and Creditof his Pen. ^ Though no attempt was made to pay Steele by givinghim advertisements for the Tatler^ he did not go unre-warded. As Cibber plainly said later, when he facedSteele in the courts, it was the filling our Houses by theForce and Influence of his Tatlers and Sir Richardsassuring us they should be continued that won him hisshare in the Drury Lane patent, for without his Promiseto use that Power, he would never have been ... in-vited by us into ... a Share of the Profits. ^ No ad-vertising profits could have equalled the £1000 a yearwhich Steeles share brought him — particularly if it istrue, as Lowe asserted, that in Addisons day play-house advertisements were inserted gratis, probably as amatter of news. ^ I do not know upon what evidencethis statement is based, though it is a fact — as Genesthas no
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