Tuesday 7 April 1750

Plays

Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£154 4s
Available Revenue
58%
Capacity
77%

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

Notes
Cross: [est. £170]

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £154 4s £154 4s £0 £0 £0
Total £154 4s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Employees (Other) £200 4d Internal Sallies: [per] Diem £50: -s 1d A marginal note reads, "Campeoni Off:".
Theatrical Patents £63 External To Mr Calthorpe [per] Mr Pary 30 M 115 Between at least the 1745-46 and 1773-74 seasons, DL paid Mr Calthorpe £315 per year on the patent in some fashion. John Powel, in Tit for Tat (Houghton THE GEN TS 1574.316), p. 27 describes this payment as "A Perquisite payable out of the P[aten]t for the Year £315." It is possible he also describes it more fully on pp. 31-32, when he explains that the former proprietor, Charles Fleetwood, assigned DL to James Lacy in exchange for an annuity due himself, which was collected by "a Gentleman appointed to receive the same"; yet that annuity was first set at £500, then reduced to £300 when Garrick bought the theatre, rather than at £315.
Scene Painters £8 8s Internal To Mr Oram [per] Ordr Mr Lacy
Bill Distribution £2 14s Internal To Bill Stickers
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £1 Internal To 4 Const: Super & Cand: Man 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 £1 8s 9d Departmental To a Carpenters Bill
Singers £1 10s Internal To Mr Norton 6 Chorus
Properties 9s Departmental To Properties
Books, Paper and Stationery 1s External To Cross paper & pens There is a faint "6" in the pence column, but it seems to have been written in error and was perhaps partially erased, as it does not correlate with the running total of expenditure.
Messengers and Porters 18s Internal To Hickman
Musicians (Other) 15s Internal To 2 F Horns & a Drum
Carpentry and Sceneshifting 3s Internal To 3 Extra Supernumerary 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".
Upkeep and Refurbishments (Other) 4s External To Wax & Brick Dust
Bill Distribution 2s Internal To Hand Bills
Total £280 13s 1d