Tuesday 4 April 1741

Plays

Event Type
Benefit
Revenue
£122 16s
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
65%

Beneficiary(ies)
Alexander Gordon
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Charge
Unknown
Additional Charge
Unknown

Notes
Cross: [est. £120].

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £56 4s £56 4s £0 £0 £0
Beneficiaries
Tickets Amount Box Pit Gallery Total
Alexander Gordon £66 12s N/A N/A N/A N/A
Total £122 16s

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.
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers 2s 6d Internal Corbett
Performers (Other) £93 4s Internal [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 Mr. Waltz
Singers 10s 6d Internal Mrs. Wright
Singers 10s 6d Internal Mrs. Chambers The four 10s 6d payments to Chambers between 3 and 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 her payment arrangements changed on 3 April.
Stage Managers £1 Internal Do. [Mr. Ryan] a week's managemt.
Musicians (Other) 10s 6d Internal Mr. Parry
Management 16s 8d Internal Mr. C. Rich
Baskets 2s External for mending the Old Women's Baskets in Merlin's Cave The preceding entry reads "Carny" but has no money attached to it, so perhaps this entry should be understood as "Carny for mending …".
Messengers and Porters 10s Internal Hanmore a Week's Sallary
Miscellaneous £30 10s 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 3s 6d Unknown Mr. Hool, for his men BD vol. 7, p. 403 suggests Mr Hool "may have been the head of a crew of stage carpenters or stagehands."
Total £134 5s