Tuesday 17 January 1747

Plays

Performances
The Drummer; or The Haunted House, Miss in her Teens
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£196 3s
Available Revenue
74%
Capacity
103%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Notes
Afterpiece Never acted there before
Nothing under full price will be taken during the time of the performance

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £196 3s £196 3s £0 £0 £0
Other Income
Category Amount Notes
Box rent £3 Reced of Ld. Hartford for a Box kept 2 nights Vizt 13 & 16 inst
Sub Total £3
Total £199 3s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Performers (Other) £300 15s 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.
Miscellaneous £35 13s 10d 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.
Management £31 10s Internal Mr. Rich
Mantuamaking £20 Departmental Mrs. White (Mantua) Maker as pr. Note Endors'd by her Distinguishing the Whites and what they were paid for is not always straightforward: Susannah White made several large loans to Rich over the years, but also worked for CG's wardrobe, and various of her family members worked for the theatre in various capacities. For more on Susannah White, see Terry Jenkins, John Rich: The Man Who Built Covent Garden Theatre (2016), pp. 209, 240-41, 251; and for Catherine White, see BD vol. 16, p. 34. This payment is here interpreted as due for mantuamaking, paid as a promissory note that Susannah or Catherine White endorsed, then deposited with or used to pay Mr Hugh(e)s, who cashed it with CG.
Tailoring £5 5s Departmental Meares Taylor on acct.
Dressers £5 2s Internal Women Dressers Do. [6 Days]
Cleaners £3 7s Internal Chairwomen &c Do. [6 Days]
Treasurers £2 Internal Mr. Pritchard 6 Days
Proprietorial (Other) £2 12s 6d External Mr. Rich on acct.
Scene Painters £2 2s Internal Mr Laguerre on acct. for Painting
Housekeeping £1 Internal Page Do. a weeks Sallary Mr Page, identified as a housekeeper in the 1740-41 account book. The "Do." seems to be a mistake. If anything, it would refer to "6 Days", but Page was paid a fixed weekly salary of £1, unrelated to performance days; and the following entry mentions "6 days" without using a ditto to convey it, as it would have done if the "Do." here had been valid.
Treasurers £1 Internal White Do. [6 Days]
Tailoring £1 4s Internal Hamersly Do. [6 Days]
House Servants (Other) £1 10s Internal Perry Do [6 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) 9s Internal Rabbitt Do. [6 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.
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers 10s Internal Carny Do. [6 days]
Dancers 10s Internal Lucas a weeks Sallary
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers 8s Internal Tubman 6 Days
Security 12s Internal Potter Do. [6 days]
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers 12s Internal Cundell Do. [6 days]
Employees (Other) 12s Internal Osborne Do. [6 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.
Dancers 15s Internal Mrs. La Font for her Performance three Nts. this Week
Dancers 5s Internal Mr Joseph Granier Do. [for his Performance] 1 Night
House Servants (Other) 12s Internal Jarvis 6 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.
Total £418 6s 4d