Tuesday 1 November 1746

Plays

Performances
Don Sebastian, King of Portugal, A Duke and No Duke
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£78 3s 6d
Available Revenue
63%
Capacity
41%
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 £78 3s 6d £78 3s 6d £0 £0 £0
Total £78 3s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Cleaners £2 9s 4d Internal Chairwomen Do [4 days]
Dancers 10s Internal Lucas a week's Sallary
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers 8s Internal Cundell Do. [4 days]
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers 6s 8d Internal Carny Do. [4 days]
Employees (Other) 8s Internal Osborne Do. [4 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) £1 Internal Mr. Perry 4 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 Bethune Do. [4 days] BD vol. 2, p. 72 designates the recipient as "house servant?", but speculates he may have been Mr Bethun the dancer, who had been active in the 1730s. Bethune 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 Bethune was probably, but not certainly, a house servant.
House Servants (Other) 6s Internal Rabbitt Do. [4 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.
House Servants (Other) 8s Internal Jarvis Do.[4 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.
Performers (Other) £145 15s 4d 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.
Security 8s Internal Potter Do [4 days]
Treasurers 13s 4d Internal White Do [4 days]
Clothing Purchase (Headwear) £2 12s 6d External Mr. Woodward for a Gold open Laic'd Hatt
Clothing Purchase (Other) £21 External For a Flower'd Silk Suit of Men's Cloaths Brocaided with Gold
Dressers £3 2s Internal Women Dressers Do [4 days]
Tailoring 16s Internal Hamersley Do [4 days]
Tailoring £6 6s Departmental Meares (Taylor) on acct
Miscellaneous £34 4s 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 from this night's performance receipts or benefit charge, as appropriate.
Total £220 19s 6d