Thursday 29 December 1740

Plays

Performances
The Constant Couple; or A Trip to the Jubilee, The Necromancer; or, Harlequin Doctor Faustus
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£120 1s
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
63%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Notes
No Cross estimate.

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £120 1s £120 1s £0 £0 £0
Total £120 1s

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
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers 2s 6d Internal Corbett
Employees (Other) £25 Internal Mr. Cross, in part of a Note of hand for £50 endors'd by him & paid to Mr. Carlton This payment is here interpreted as a £50 promissory note given to Richard Cross, who endorsed it and deposited it with, or used it to pay, a Mr Carlton, who then cashed it with CG in two instalments (here and 8 January 1741). It is unclear whether Cross had begun work as a prompter in earnest at this stage, or in what capacity he was paid here.
Security 2s Internal Constable
Management 16s 8d Internal Mr. C. Rich
Miscellaneous £28 5s 2d 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 £59 18s