Tuesday 6 December 1740

Plays

Performances
The Double Gallant; or, The Sick Lady's Cure, Orpheus and Euridyce: With the Metamorphoses of Harlequin
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£103 9s
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
54%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Notes
Cross: [est. £110].

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £103 9s £103 9s £0 £0 £0
Total £103 9s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Actors £1 5s Internal Mr. Ryan
Actors £1 10s Internal Mr. Delane
Actors £1 Internal Mr. Cibber
Actors £1 10s Internal Mrs. Horton
Actors 6s 8d Internal Mr Bridgwater
Actors £2 2s Internal Mr. Cibber
Dancers 10s Internal Mr. Delagard's Sallary rais'd 5s pr. Week from Munday Novr. 24
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).
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers 2s 6d Internal Corbett
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers 10s Internal Carny a Week's Sallory
Employees (Other) 16s 8d Internal Comelati for performing twice in Orpheus 10s & 4 nights at 10 pr Week 6. 8 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.
Performers (Other) £168 5s 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.
Performers (Other) 10s Internal Miss Dodson Do [Enterd last mond:] at 10s Pr week
Performers (Other) 15s Internal Miss Jackson Enterd last mond: at 15s Pr week This was perhaps the Miss Jackson, dancer, recorded in BD vol. 8, p. 110 as being paid 15s per week at this time, but BD places her at Drury Lane in 1740-41. Miss Jackson was included on this season's performers payroll hereafter, but that payroll appears to have included a few non-performers, so she was probably, but not certainly, a performer herself.
Security 2s Internal Constable
Singers 10s 6d Internal Mrs Chambers
Singers 10s 6d Internal Mrs. Wright
Singers 10s 6d Internal Mr. Waltz
Stage Managers £1 Internal Mr. Ryan a Week's managemt
Musicians (Other) 10s 6d Internal Mr. Parry
Management 16s 8d Internal Mr. C. Rich
Charity 10s External Mrs. Redfern for subsistance
Messengers and Porters 10s Internal Hanmore Do [a Week's Sallory]
Miscellaneous £29 16s 8d 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.
Unknown £26 Unknown Mr. Grainger on acct. A Mr Grainger was paid bills or "on acct." regularly in 1740-41. Perhaps he was the Lincoln's Inn Fields tailor, noted by BD vol. 6, pp. 300-01 as fl. 1724-29.
Total £245 5s 2d