Sunday 5 March 1741

Plays

Performances
Macbeth, The Royal Chace; or, Merlin's Cave, The Swiss
Event Type
Requested Performance
Revenue
£105 1s
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
55%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
Unknown
Notes
Cross: [est. £100].

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £105 1s £105 1s £0 £0 £0
Total £105 1s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Actors £20 Internal Mrs. Porter for her performance this night Perhaps Mrs Porter was in fact paid only half the £20 due her on this occasion. This entry does not have the standard marginal tick sign and "pd" note. Instead, further left than those notes normally appear, there is a tick sign and a different note, "pd 10: 0: 0".
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 £2 2s Internal Mr. Cibber
Cleaners 9s Internal Ann Wall Do [6 Days]
Cleaners £2 2s Internal Charwomen Do [6 Days]
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers 2s 6d Internal Corbett
Lamplighters 10s Internal Mary Crafts Do [6 Days]
Lamplighters 7s Internal Mary Rudd Do [6 Days]
Security 2s Internal Constable
Singers 10s 6d Internal Mrs. Chambers
Singers 10s 6d Internal Mr. Waltz
Dressers £4 3s Internal Women Dressers 6 Days
Management £5 5s Internal Mr. J. Rich
Management 16s 8d Internal Mr. C. Rich
Miscellaneous £76 9s 10d 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. This night's entire door receipts, £105 1s, were diverted for (an) unknown reason(s), presumably including the nightly charge. However, Mr Wood placed £28 11s 2d into the treasury several days later, on 12 March, which was a free benefit night for Mrs Horton; thus that money cannot have derived from any door receipts or charge of that night, and has been deducted from the receipts of this night, 5 March, which was the most recent night to which the money could have pertained.
Unknown £20 Unknown Mr. Hart on acct.
Total £139 1s 8d