Tuesday 21 March 1741

Plays

Performances
The Rehearsal, Orpheus and Euridyce: With the Metamorphoses of Harlequin
Event Type
Requested Performance
Revenue
£133 12s 6d
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
70%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
Unknown
Notes
Cross: [est. £160].

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £133 12s 6d £133 12s 6d £0 £0 £0
Total £133 12s 6d

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 All daily 6s 8d payments to Bridgwater from 9 March 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 9 March.
Actors £5 Internal Mrs. Bellamy on acct.
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 Day 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 5s 8d 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. Wright
Singers 10s 6d Internal Mrs. Chambers
Singers 10s 6d Internal Mr. Waltz
Stage Managers £1 Internal Do. [Mr. Ryan] a Week's managemt.
Treasurers 13s 4d Internal Jas. White 4 Days
Musicians (Other) 10s 6d Internal Mr. Parry
Construction £3 3s Departmental Mr. Powell, for building the Benches the night of Mrs Barbarini's benefit
Management 16s 8d Internal Mr. C. Rich
Charity 6s 8d External Mrs. Redfern for Subsistance
Messengers and Porters 10s Internal Hanmore Do. [a Week's Sallary]
Miscellaneous £33 4s 8d 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 £6 6s Unknown Mr. Grainger in full of his Bill 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.
Total £186 6s 10d