When the actors, led by Garrick, were forced to accept the owner's terms, they had to abandon Macklin, who, as the stage manager, should have quelled the actors' strike, rather than participated in it.
När aktörerna, ledda av Garrick, tvingades att acceptera ägarens villkor var de tvungna att överge Macklin, som i egenskap av scenchef snarare borde ha dämpat aktörernas strejk än att delta i den.