Tuesday 28 February 1741

Plays

Performances
A Duke and No Duke, Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Spaniard Outwitted
Event Type
Command Performance
Revenue
£158 15s
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
84%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
Frederick, Prince of Wales
Requested by
N/A
Notes
By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince George, and Princess Augusta

Cross: [est. £170].

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £158 15s £158 15s £0 £0 £0
Total £158 15s

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
Actors £1 1s Internal Mr. Cibber
Dancers £1 1s Internal Mons: Janno
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 6s 8d Internal Carny 4 Days
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers 2s 6d Internal Corbett
Employees (Other) 10s Internal Mr. Comelati for 1 night in Orpheus & 3 beside 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 a week's Sallary
Performers (Other) £119 19s Internal 4 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. Chambers
Singers £1 1s Internal Mrs. Wright
Stage Managers £1 Internal Do [Mr. Ryan] a Week's managemt.
Treasurers 13s 4d Internal Jas. White 4 Days
Management 16s 8d Internal Mr. C. Rich
Proprietorial (Other) £1 1s External Mr. J. Rich
Church Rate £5 External A Church Rate, for Repairing ye Church and Church yard of Covt. Garden. at 3d in ye pound
Poor Rate £15 External A Years poor's rate for Covt. Garden due at Xms.
Charity 6s 8d External Mrs. Redfern for Subsistance
Messengers and Porters 10s Internal Hanmore
Miscellaneous £31 15s 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 £192 13s 2d