Tuesday 27 December 1740

Plays

Performances
The Busy Body, Orpheus and Euridyce: With the Metamorphoses of Harlequin
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£102 5s
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
54%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Notes
Cross: [est. £100].

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £102 5s £102 5s £0 £0 £0
Total £102 5s

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 All daily £1 payments to Cibber from 26 December 1740 until 20 April 1741 (after which the account book abruptly ends) lack the tick sign and marginal "pd" note written besides almost all other payments this season. Perhaps his payment arrangements changed on 26 December.
Actors £1 10s Internal Mrs. Horton
Actors 6s 8d Internal Mr. Bridgwater
Actors £2 2s Internal Mr. Cibber
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 Corbet
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers 5s Internal Carny 3 days
Employees (Other) £5 5s Internal Mr. J. Rich by Mrs. Holms CG paid Mrs Holm(e)s fairly often throughout the 1740-41 season, almost always as "Mr. J. Rich by Mrs. Holms", always 5 guineas except for her final payment, which was "in full for Wages". But she is not in BD and her role is unclear.
Employees (Other) 10s Internal Mr. Comelati for 2 nights in orpheus 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.
Housekeeping £1 Internal Mr. Page Housekeeper a week's Sallary
Performers (Other) £67 10d Internal 2 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.
Security 2s Internal Constable
Singers 10s 6d Internal Mrs. Wright
Singers 10s 6d Internal Mrs. Chambers
Singers 10s 6d Internal Mr. Waltz
Stage Managers £1 Internal Do [Mr. Ryan] a weeks managemt
Treasurers 6s 8d Internal Jas. White 2 days
Musicians (Other) 10s 6d Internal Mr. Parry
Lighting (Other) £40 External Mr. Parker & Mr. Port for lighting & furnishing the Lamps, in part of a Bill of 62: 6: 6
Management 16s 8d Internal Mr. C. Rich
Charity 5s External Mrs. Redfern
Food and Drink £1 6s 6d External Do [Mr. J. Rich] by Mr. Rawlinson. Corn Chandler in full
Messengers and Porters 10s Internal Hanmore
Miscellaneous £29 15s 6d 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 £2 2s Unknown Mrs Grisold on acct
Unknown £10 10s 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.
Loans Made (as Creditor) £4 4s Internal Mrs. Ferg, advanc'd to her BD vol. 5, p. 226 speculates that this was the mother of Master/Young Ferg, the dancer, and may also have been Mary Ferg, former Drury Lane messenger.
Total £180 2s 4d