Tuesday 10 February 1750

Plays

Performances
The Unhappy Favourite; or, The Earl of Essex, The Fair
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£188 11s
Available Revenue
55%
Capacity
99%
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 £188 11s £188 11s £0 £0 £0
Total £188 11s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Performers (Other) £180 17s 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 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 £43 9s Departmental By the Nightly Charge
Loan Repayments (as Debtor) £38 19s External To the Executors of Chs. Colborne by Mr. Rayner the remainder of a Bond
Unknown £30 Unknown Mr Hoole on acct. BD vol. 7, p. 403, observing a Mr Hool active at CG in 1741 only, suggests him to have been "the head of a crew of stage carpenters or stagehands." The recipient here was paid much more money in 1749-50 than the recipient in 1740-41, "his men" were not mentioned this season, and his name was spelled differently, so perhaps it was a different person.
Performers (Other) £26 5s Internal Mr Caratha the Turk & Company
Proprietorial (Other) £6 8s External J Rich on acct
Scene Painters £4 1s 4d Internal Herring Painter Do. [a Bill]
Dressers £4 3s Internal Women Dressers Do [6 days]
Clothing Purchase (Other) £3 8s External Bot. a White Waistcoat Embroiderd wth. Gold & a Pink Sattin Do [Waistcoat Embroiderd] wth. Silver
Tailoring £3 3d Departmental Meares Taylor a Bill
Cleaners £3 17s Internal Charwomen Do. [6 days]
House Servants (Other) £1 10s Internal Mr. Perry 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.
Treasurers £1 Internal White Do. [6 days]
Housekeeping £1 Internal Page a Week's Sallary Mr Page, identified as a housekeeper in the 1740-41 account book.
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers 10s Internal Barr Do. [6 days]
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers 9s Internal Jones Do [6 days]
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers 8s Internal Tubman Do. [6 days]
House Servants (Other) 10s Internal Bayley Do [6 days] Bayley 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 Bayley was probably, but not certainly, a house servant.
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers 10s Internal Evans S Do [6 days]
House Servants (Other) 10s Internal Smith Do. [6 days] Smith 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 Smith was probably, but not certainly, a house servant.
Dancers 10s Internal Lucas Do [a Week's Sallary]
House Servants (Other) 12s Internal Jarvis Do [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.
House Servants (Other) 10s Internal Browse Do [6 days] Browse 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 Browse was probably, but not certainly, a house servant.
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers 10s Internal Ross 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.
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers 10s Internal Wilford Do [6 days]
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers 12s Internal Constable Do. [6 days]
House Servants (Other) 12s Internal Driscol Do. [6 days]
Total £355 2s 7d