Monday 26 September 1740

Plays

Performances
Macbeth
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£54 8s 6d
Available Revenue
100%
Capacity
29%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Notes
Cross: [est. £70].

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £54 8s 6d £54 8s 6d £0 £0 £0
Total £54 8s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Actors £4 Internal Mr Cibber for 4 Days on acct.
Actors £1 17s Internal Mr Ryan to make up 4 days
Actors £1 10s Internal Mr Delane
Actors £1 10s Internal Mrs Horton
Actors 6s 8d Internal Mr Bridgwater
Dancers 10s Internal Oats Junr. omitted in the List Oates Junior also played the violin, but dancing seems to have been his main activity at this time.
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers 5s Internal Carney Stage Doorkeeper 3 days
Employees (Other) 5s Internal Comelati for 3 Days BD vol. 3, p. 433 suggests that Comelati was a singer, on the basis that he was often paid for performing in Orpheus and Eurydice at 5s per performance, plus for performances "besides". But there are multiple other capacities in which he could have performed in Orpheus, and in fact the "besides" payments (and other payments to him unrelated to Orpheus) were paid at a lower rate, and there is no evidence that they related to any kind of performance. Moreover, Comelati was not included in the season's performers' payroll; but it appears that inclusion there may have been partly or wholly determined by salary level, rather than by the performer/non-performer distinction as such.
House Servants (Other) £1 Internal Mr Jarvis a week's Sallary BD vol. 8, p. 139 suggests Jarvis was a housekeeper and pit officekeeper, and this may have been his combined salary.
Performers (Other) £60 16s Internal Pd the Company 3 days Payroll broken down on the facing page with a note, "3 Days". This payroll seems to have included a few people who were not performers, but most of them were. Moreover, the payment record of 10 May 1750 (in the 1749-50 account book, which followed the same format as 1740-1741) shows that it was conceived as the performers' list; and even the non-performers were perhaps more related to performance than most house servants were, such as John Stede the prompter.
Stage Managers £2 Internal Mr Ryan 2 weeks managemt.
Management 16s 8d Internal Mr. C. Rich
Proprietorial (Other) £9 External Mr J. Rich by a french Bill
Charity £1 External Mr Bullock and mrs Cook Do. [omitted in the List] William Bullock and Mary Cooke were elderly actors, whom CG seems to have supported charitably or as pensioners at this time.
Messengers and Porters 10s Internal Hanmore Porter a weeks Sallary
Miscellaneous £28 1s 4d Departmental [nightly charge] This season's account book does not record or itemise the nightly charges, but it is evident that they were diverted from the nightly receipts. The sums are here calculated by deducting the money received into the treasury via Mr Wood from this night's performance receipts or benefit charge, as appropriate.
Total £113 7s 8d