Thursday 12 January 1741

Plays

Performances
The Old Bachelor
Event Type
Benefit
Revenue
£234
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
123%
Beneficiary(ies)
William Rufus Chetwood
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Charge
Unknown
Additional Charge
Unknown
Notes
Benefit: the Relief of Mr Chetwood, late Prompter at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane, and now a Prisoner in the King's Bench

Cross: [est. £250].

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £219 £219 £0 £0 £0
Beneficiaries
Tickets Amount Box Pit Gallery Total
William Rufus Chetwood £15 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Total £234

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Actors £1 5s Internal Mr. Ryan
Actors £1 10s Internal Mr. Delane
Actors £1 10s Internal Mrs Horton
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 6s 8d Internal Mr Bridgwater
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers 2s 6d Internal Corbett
Security 2s Internal Constable
Clothing Material (Linen) £14 17s External Mr. Grant, (by Vertue of a Letter of attorney to him) in full of a bill due to messrs. Webb and Eyre Linnen Drapers
Construction £3 3s External Mr. Powell, Pavior in full discharge of his agreemt. for keeping in repair the pavement at Lincoln's-inn-fields Theatre
Construction £1 1s External To Mr. Watson, for his attendance thereupon "thereupon" presumably refers to the preceding entry, "Mr. Powell, Pavior in full discharge of his agreemt. for keeping in repair the pavement at Lincoln's-inn-fields Theatre". Perhaps the recipient was Christopher Watson, the contable paid on 20 November 1740.
Management 16s 8d Internal Mr. C. Rich
Proprietorial (Other) 11s External Mr. J. Rich on acct.
Miscellaneous £145 16s 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. A large amount of the door receipts were diverted on this night; presumably some, but not most covered the standard nightly charge. Some of the money presumably went to this night's beneficiary, Mr Chetwood; and some probably went to Colley Cibber, who performed by special arrangement on this and two subsequent nights, but is only recorded as having been paid for the latter two.
Unknown £13 10s Unknown Do. [Mr. J. Rich] by C. Trewhitt, as Pr. order to mr. Brown
Unknown £3 13s Unknown Mrs. Hippisly a Bill
Total £189 4s