Tuesday 18 April 1741

Plays

Performances
The Careless Husband, The Sham Conjuror
Event Type
Benefit
Revenue
£109 4s 6d
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
57%
Beneficiary(ies)
Isabella Lampe
Esther Young
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Charge
Unknown
Additional Charge
Unknown
Notes
Benefit: Mrs Lampe and Miss Young
Afterpiece: Musick composed by Mr Lampe

Cross: [est. £130].

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £39 8s 6d £39 8s 6d £0 £0 £0
Beneficiaries
Tickets Amount Box Pit Gallery Total
Isabella Lampe £35 16s N/A N/A N/A N/A
Esther Young £34 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Total £109 4s 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 £2 2s Internal Mr. Rosco
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers 2s 6d Internal Corbett
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers 10s Internal Carny Do [a week's Sallary]
Performers (Other) £82 3s 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
Stage Managers £1 Internal Mr. Ryan. a week's managemt.
Management 16s 8d Internal Mr. C. Rich
Messengers and Porters 10s Internal Hanmore a week's Sallary
Miscellaneous £10 17s 4d 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 5s Unknown Mrs. Cook Perhaps a dancer of that name, perhaps Mary Cooke, an elderly actor whom CG seems to have supported charitably or as a pensioner at this time.
Law £1 1s External Mr. Hamersly, for makeing mr. Hool's Artics BD vol. 7, p. 403 states this "Mr. Hamersly" to have been the CG tailor of that name, and seems to suggest the "Artics." to have been articles of clothing for Mr Hool's men ("stage carpenters or stagehands"). However, other payments this season for "makeing... Artics." (17 November 1740) and "Makeing... Articles" (15 April 1741) were not to Mr Hamersly, and did not relate to recipients who managed a team, so it seems likelier that the "Artics" in question were articles of employment.
Total £105 1s 2d