General admission for groundlings-those who stood in the open around the stage-was a penny. Those who wished to sit paid a penny more, and those who desired a cushion paid another penny on top of that-all this at a time when a day's wage was 1 shilling {12 pence} or less a day. The money was dropped into a box, which was taken to a special room for safekeeping-the box office.
( Bill Bryson )
[ Shakespeare: The World as ]
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