The hired man Roger Clark deposes in the Chancery suit of Ellis Worth and John Blaney v. Susan Baskervile and William Brown. Clark testifies that he has been a hired player with the Red Bull company for the last two years at a wage of six shillings a week. When receipts were low, however, 'he was paid after the rate of their gettings,' which sometimes came to no more than two shillings sixpence, or even twelve pence. Clark adds that servants in the theatre are frequently at the mercy of the company's fortunes.
Name | Event Role(s) | Document Role(s) |
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Baskervile, née Shawe, Susan | defendant | |
Browne, William (III) | defendant | |
Clarke, Roger | deponent | hired man |
Worth, Ellis | plaintiff | |
Blaney, John | plaintiff |