Thursday 22 December 1740

Plays

Performances
Love's Last Shift; or, The Fool in Fashion, The Parting Lovers [True Blue], Le Bergeres Fidelle, Comic Ballet, Yorkshire Maggot
Event Type
Benefit
Revenue
£91 6s 6d
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
48%
Beneficiary(ies)
Person(s) under Misfortunes
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Charge
Unknown
Additional Charge
Unknown
Notes
Benefit: a Person under Misfortunes

Cross: [est. £100].

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £15 7s 6d £15 7s 6d £0 £0 £0
Beneficiaries
Tickets Amount Box Pit Gallery Total
Person(s) under Misfortunes £75 19s N/A N/A N/A N/A
Other Income
Category Amount Notes
Proprietorial supplementary cash £300 Reced of Mr. Jno. Rich
Proprietorial supplementary cash £52 10s Reced of Mr. Jno. Rich
Sub Total £352 10s
Total £443 16s 6d

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 £10 Internal Mr. James as pr. order to Mr. Hughs Presumably the salary of actor Harris James, paid at his direction to Mr Hughes. But CG did make multiple payments to a William James, "Sailor" this season.
House Servants (Other) £31 6d Internal Mr Jarvis the full Balance of his accot BD vol. 8, p. 139 suggests Jarvis was a housekeeper and pit officekeeper.
Security 2s Internal Constable
Dressers £1 1s Internal Mrs. Thompson Dresser on acct.
Mantuamaking £20 Departmental Mrs. White mantua Maker by a Note of hand Endors'd by her & paid to Mr. Hughs Distinguishing the Whites and what they were paid for is not always straightforward: Susannah White made several large loans to Rich over the years, but also worked for CG's wardrobe, and various of her family members worked for the theatre in various capacities. For more on Susannah White, see Terry Jenkins, John Rich: The Man Who Built Covent Garden Theatre (2016), pp. 209, 240-41, 251; and for Catherine White, see BD vol. 16, p. 34. The payment is here interpreted as due for inhouse mantuamaking, paid as a promissory note that Susannah or Catherine White endorsed, then deposited with or used to pay Mr Hugh(e)s, who cashed it with CG.
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £300 Departmental Mr. Powell, Carpenter on acct. BD vol. 12, p. 101 identifies this as H. Powel, and suggests that he disbursed this money to the scenemen (although it does not link him with the Mr Powell, carpenter, who was regularly paid in 1757-58 for the scenemen). However, a "Mr. Powell, Pavior" was paid on 12 January 1741 "in full discharge of his agreemt. for keeping in repair the pavement at Lincoln's-inn-fields Theatre"; if the two men were the same, then this payment, too, may have been part of that agreement.
Management 16s 8d Internal Mr. C. Rich
Unknown £1 1s Unknown Mrs. Roach
Total £369 12s 10d