Saturday 29 October 1757

Plays

Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£71
Available Revenue
31%
Capacity
37%

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 £71 £71 £0 £0 £0
Total £71

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Employees (Other) £2 5s 6d Internal By Chorus Singers &ca. [per] List
House Servants (Other) £24 11s Internal By Servants Do. [Salarys] 6 Nts. [per] List
Performers (Other) £227 6s Internal By Performers Salarys [per] List
Security £4 4s Internal By Guards 6 Nights
Musicians (Band) £5 Internal By Band of Musick
Hair, Beards and Wigs £1 12s Internal By Barber 6 Nights Account book records around this time are inconsistent as to whether a "barber" or "barbers" were weekly paid; this season's alternative account book (BL Eg. 2270), and the majority of records in the 1758-59 account book, specify "Barbers". It seems likely that CG's main barber, Mr Horsfall (Hursfall in BD vol. 8, p. 57), was paid money to distribute to other barbers.
Wardrobe (Other) £1 16s 10d Departmental By Wardrobe [per] bill
Properties 6s Departmental By Properties
Scene Painters £1 10s Internal By Mr. Dall a week's Salary on Accot.
Scene Painters 12s Internal By Mr. Austin 6 days Salary
Candles (Tallow) £15 12s External By Mr. Pattinson Tallow Chandr [per] bill
Candles (Tallow) £14 15s 6d External By Mr. Flower Do. [Tallow Chandler] [per] bill
Bill Distribution £3 9s Internal By Bill setters [per] bill
Management £31 10s Internal By Mrs. Rich 6 Nights
Management £6 Internal By Mr. C. Rich 6 Nights
Miscellaneous £68 2s External By Mr. Mure 6 Nts. Rent &ca. to this inst Repayment of a loan from Hutchison Mure (specified at £600 per annum in this season's alternative account book, BL Eg. 2270), plus payments for ground rent (£155 per annum) and taxes (£138 per annum).
Total £408 11s 10d