Monday 22 May 1747

Plays

Performances
The Recruiting Officer, An Old Man Taught Wisdom; or, The Virgin Unmasked
Event Type
Benefit
Revenue
£244 16s 6d
Available Revenue
100%
Capacity
129%
Beneficiary(ies)
Mr Ruby
Mr Banks
John Carne
Mr Bianchini
Mr Sadler
Mr Elliot
Mrs Hayman
Mrs Russell
Mrs Keene
Mrs Hales
Mrs Hanmore
Sarah Griffiths
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Charge
Unknown
Additional Charge
Unknown
Notes
Benefit: Banks, Trott, Carney, and Bianchini
Tickets deliver'd out by Sadler, Elliot, and others will be taken

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £93 19s 6d £93 19s 6d £0 £0 £0
Beneficiaries
Tickets Amount Box Pit Gallery Total
Mr Ruby £45 9s 145 48 20 213
Mr Banks £34 19s 6 127 144 277
John Carne £13 11s 3 42 65 110
Mr Bianchini £12 16s 10 38 46 94
Mr Sadler £4 9s 0 11 28 39
Mr Elliot £7 15s 1 20 45 66
Mrs Hayman £7 16s 4 22 35 61
Mrs Russell £8 8s 7 27 26 60
Mrs Keene £6 1s 3 20 23 46
Mrs Hales £3 14s 0 16 13 29
Mrs Hanmore £3 10s 1 11 16 28
Sarah Griffiths £2 9s 0 7 14 21
Other Income
Category Amount Notes
Ticket money £5 5s Reced of Mrs. Dupre in full for her tickets ye 12th instt:
Ticket money £3 2s Reced of Miss Younge Do. [in full for her tickets ye] 25 April
Sub Total £8 7s
Total £253 3s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Cleaners £1 18s 6d Internal Charwomen Do. [3 Days]
Dancers £20 Departmental Mr Lalauze on acct. Charles Lalauze seems to have been considered CG dancing master at this time, and to have introduced pupils of his to the stage, such that payments to him "on acct." may have constituted more than just his own salary.
Dancers 10s Internal Lucas a weeks Sallary
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers 4s Internal Tubman Do [3 Days]
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers 6s Internal Cundell 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 Perry Do [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) £52 4s 6d 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 6s Internal Potter Do. [3 Days]
Treasurers 10s Internal White Do. [3 Days]
Treasurers £1 Internal Mr Pritchard 3 Days
Dressers £2 11s Internal Women Dressers Do [3 Days]
Tailoring 12s Internal Hamersly Do [3 Days]
Scene Painters £10 10s Internal Mr Servandoni
Upkeep and Refurbishments (Other) £9 5s Departmental Mr. Price (Smith) a Bill for work done at L. F. Theatre BD vol. 12, p. 155 does not give much information on Mr Price. But expense records 1746-47 suggest that he oversaw carpentry, painting, and general building work that season, partly or exclusively at Lincoln's Inn Fields. As such, these payments probably did not relate to scenes or machines, hence their categorisation here.
Printing £52 12s External Mr. Woodfall Printer in part of his Bill for last Season
Management £15 15s Internal Mr. Rich
Proprietorial (Other) £10 10s External Mr. J Rich on acct.
Miscellaneous £93 19s 6d 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. This night's entire door receipts, £93 19s 6d, seem to have been diverted, but for what purpose is unclear. Presumably some, about £20, went to pay the nightly charge; an expense of the same date reads, "Advanc'd to pay the Nightly Charge", £15 6d, whereas the nightly charge was normally worth c.£34-37. Perhaps the rest was used to cover outstanding nightly charge liabilities from previous nights.
Miscellaneous £15 6d Departmental Advanc'd to pay the Nightly Charge The door receipts of this night did not suffice to pay the nightly charge, the settlement of which was not recorded in this season's surviving account book.
Total £289 5s 6d