As the patent theatres were enlarged or rebuilt, however, the higher rate of charges became permanently established.

After the famous O.P.riots the scale agreed upon was: Boxes, seven shillings; pit, three shillings; galleries, two shillings and one shilling; with half-price at nine o'clock.

In later times these charges have been considerably reduced.

Half price has been generally abolished, however, and many rows of the pit have been converted into stalls at seven or ten shillings each.

Altogether, it may perhaps be held that in Western London, although theatrical entertainments have been considerably cheapened, they still tax the pockets of playgoers more severely than need be.
Country managers would seen to have ruled their scale of charges in strict accordance with the means of their patrons; to have been content, indeed, with anything they could get from the provincial playgoers.