Tuesday 22 November 1740

Plays

Performances
The Constant Couple; or A Trip to the Jubilee, Mars and Venus, The Italian Peasants
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£142 7s
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
75%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Notes
Cross: [est. £140].

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £142 7s £142 7s £0 £0 £0
Other Income
Category Amount Notes
Benefit deficiencies £26 11s 6d Reced of mr Dorman by the hands of mr. J. Rich the Remaindr. of his Charge for Novr 18
Sub Total £26 11s 6d
Total £168 18s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Performers (Other) £168 4s Internal 6 Days [performers' payroll entries here aggregated] 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.
Miscellaneous £25 12s 10d 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.
Proprietorial (Other) £15 14s External Mr. J. Rich
Construction £10 10s External Mr. Hollyman Bricklayer,
Dancers £5 5s Internal Mons: Michell BD vol. 10, pp. 211-12 suggests that payments to Monsieur (François) Michel in 1740-41 were for his children's dancing (as indicated in a payment record of 19 September 1740).
Actors £2 2s Internal Mr. Cibber
Actors £1 5s Internal Mr. Ryan
Actors £1 10s Internal Mr. Delane
Actors £1 Internal Mr. Cibber
Actors £1 10s Internal Mrs. Horton
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.
Stage Managers £1 Internal Mr Ryan a Week's managemt.
Charity 5s External Mrs. Redfern
Messengers and Porters 10s Internal Hanmore Do [a Week's Sallary]
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers 10s Internal Carny Do [a Week's Sallary]
Employees (Other) 13s 4d Internal Mr. Comelati for 1 night in Orpheus 5s & 5 nights at 10s pr Week 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.
Dancers 8s 4d Internal Young Ferg, Enter'd last Tuesday at 10s pr Week
Actors 6s Internal Miss Morrison Enter'd last Munday at 6s pr Week
Unknown 10s 6d Unknown Wm. James, Sailor
Security 2s Internal Constable
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers 2s 6d Internal Corbett
Actors 6s 8d Internal Mr. Bridgwater
Management 16s 8d Internal Mr. C. Rich
Total £239 3s 10d