Tuesday 30 December 1749

Plays

Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£105 9s 6d
Available Revenue
44%
Capacity
53%

Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A

Notes
Cross: [est. £100]

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £105 9s 6d £105 9s 6d £0 £0 £0
Total £105 9s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Employees (Other) £254 7s 11d Internal Sall
Singers £1 Internal To Mr Norton 4 Chorus Singers
Composers £6 8s 6d External To Mr Spencer Writing Musick of Chaplet
Musicians (Other) 7s Internal To a Kettle & Side Drum
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £1 5s 6d Internal To 4 Constt Super & Candle Man. &c John Powel explains this recurrent DL payment in Tit for Tat (Houghton THE GEN TS 1574.316), p. 34, referring specifically to the 1747-49 seasons: "Four constant Supernumerary Scene-men to assist the Scene-men belonging to the House, and a Candle-Man, that see's all the Candles put out after the Play is over, at One Shilling each". Because the candleman was only a small part of the bundle, and was apparently considered to be close enough to the scenemen to be grouped with them, these payments have been categorised as "Carpentry and Sceneshifting".
Carpentry and Sceneshifting 14s Internal To 14 Extra Do. [Super] John Powel explains this recurrent DL payment in Tit for Tat (Houghton THE GEN TS 1574.316), p. 34, referring specifically to the 1747-49 seasons: "There are sometimes extraordinary Supernumerary Scene-men made use of in Plays to help at the Traps &c. such as Richard 3rd. Mackbeth, the Tempest &c. which have a Shilling each".
Carpentry and Sceneshifting 12s 6d Departmental To a Carpenters Bill
Properties 19s 1d Departmental To properties
Bill Distribution £2 5s Internal To Bill Stickers 5 Days
Bill Distribution 10s Internal To Hand Bills Do. [5 Days]
Books, Paper and Stationery 1s 6d External To Cross Paper & pens
Messengers and Porters 18s Internal To Hickman
Unknown 10s 5d Unknown To Mrs Hobson a Bill A Mrs Hobson was paid this seaon for a tub and for suits of clothes, but usually for unspecified reasons. BD vol. 7,p. 344 suggests she may have been related to DL's housekeeper, but was not a DL employee.
Total £269 19s 5d