Tuesday 4 October 1746

Plays

Performances
Venice Preservd; or, A Plot Discovered, The Mock Doctor; or, The Dumb Lady Cured
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£42 18s 6d
Available Revenue
20%
Capacity
23%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £42 18s 6d £42 18s 6d £0 £0 £0
Total £42 18s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Cleaners £1 17s Internal Chairwomen Do. [3 days]
Dancers 10s Internal Lucas a week's Sallary
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers 6s Internal Cundell (Box office keeper) Do. [3 days]
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers 5s Internal Carny Do. [3 days]
Employees (Other) 6s Internal Osborne Do. [3 days] Perhaps the dancer of that name, described in BD vol. 11, p. 120. This Osborne 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.
House Servants (Other) 15s Internal Mr. Perry 3 days Perry 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. Thus Perry was probably, but not certainly, a house servant.
House Servants (Other) 6s Internal Jarvis Do [3 days] BD vol. 8, p. 139 suggests Jarvis was a housekeeper and pit officekeeper, and this may have been his salary in only one of those capacities.
House Servants (Other) 4s 6d Internal Rabbitt Do. [3 days] Rabbitt 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. Thus Rabbitt was probably, but not certainly, a house servant.
Performers (Other) £62 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 1746-1747) 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.
Treasurers 10s Internal White Do. [3 days]
Dressers £2 6s 6d Internal Women Dressers Do. [3 days]
Proprietorial (Other) £9 5s 1d External Mr. Rich on acct.
Miscellaneous £32 9s 1d 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 from this night's performance receipts or benefit charge, as appropriate.
Total £111 4s 2d