The cost of a show at the Globe Theatre between 1599 and 1613 was 1 penny for standing room in the "pit", 2 pence for a seat in the lower galleries, 3-4 pence for the wings of the upper galleries, and the prime seats (lords rooms) at 5 pence or more. An extra penny bought you a cushion to sit on and there was often food for sale just outside the theatre door. One penny was approximately the cost of a loaf of bread in the early 1600s, but bread would have been more expensive at the time. Calculating precise values is difficult.

Here are some common annual wages according to a Westminster statute in 1588:

Clothworkers £5

Fullers £5

Shearmen £5

Dyers £6

Tailor's hosier £4

Drapers, hosiers £4

Shoemakers £4

Pewterers £3 6s 8d

Whitebakers £4 6s 8d

Brewers £10

The underbrewer £6

The foredrayman £6

The miller £6

The other draymen £3 6s 8d

The tunman £3 6s 8d

Saddlers £4

Turners £4 6s 8d

Cutlers £4 6s 8d

Blacksmiths £6

Curriers £6

Brownbakers £3 6s 8d

Farriers £4

Glovers £3 6s 8d

Cappers £4 13s 4d

Hatmakers & feltmakers £4 13s 4d

Butchers £6

Cooks £6

This information can be found in The English Renaissance by Kate Aughterson, 1998.

At the time: 12 pennies = 1 shilling. 20 shillings (240 pennies) = 1 pound.

According to my own imprecise math and assuming 254 working days per year:

A glover earned 3.3 pence in one day. A saddler made 3.7. For a cutler, 4.3. The clothworker brings in 4.7. 5.6 went to the butcher, and the master brewer made 9.4.

A visit to the theatre was well within the means of just about anyone with a steady income.