John King deposes in Ellis Worth and John Blaney's suit against Susan Baskervile and William Browne. King says that he has been a hired actor with the company of actors now at the Red Bull for the past thirty years. He was contracted for a certain sum, but the amount paid in fact depended on how much the company brought in per week, and hired men were paid 'proportionally only to their [the company's] gettings.' He says that if payment were otherwise, he could recover more than £100 in wages.
Name | Event Role(s) | Document Role(s) |
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Baskervile, née Shawe, Susan | defendant | widow |
Browne, William (III) | defendant | |
King, John | deponent | hired man |
Worth, Ellis | plaintiff | |
Blaney, John | plaintiff |