Saturday 28 January 1758

Plays

Performances
Mariamne, The Knights, The Judgement of Paris (1757), The Italian Peasants
Event Type
Command Performance
Revenue
£219 1s 6d
Available Revenue
52%
Capacity
115%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
King George III
Requested by
N/A
Notes
By Command of the Prince of Wales
Present the Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince Edward, Lady Augusta and Princess Elizabeth

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £219 1s 6d £219 1s 6d £0 £0 £0
Total £219 1s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Actors £46 7s 2d Internal By Mr. Barry 1/3 of £139. 1. 6 being ye Surps
House Servants (Other) £24 14s Internal By Servants 6 Nights
Performers (Other) £242 18s Internal By Performers 6 Nights Salary
Security £4 4s Internal By Guards 6 Nights
Musicians (Band) £4 18s 4d 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.
Tailoring £4 19s 9d Departmental By Mr. Meares [per] bill
Wardrobe (Other) £1 9s 6d Departmental By Wardrobe Bill
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £14 4s 5d Departmental By Mr. Finney [per] bill to the 21st. instant
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £13 18s 1d Departmental By Mr. Do. [Finney] [per] bill to this day
Properties 7s Departmental By Properties
Scene Painters £1 Internal By Mr. Dall on Accot. of Salary
Scene Painters 12s Internal By Mr. Austin 6 Nts. Salary
Bill Distribution £3 9s Internal By Bill Setters 6 Nights
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 Nights 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).
Royal Attendants £1 1s External By Yeomen of the Guards gave them A marginal note reads, "Voucher".
Unknown 9s 5d Unknown By Do. [Mr. Austin] [per] bill Austin was paid a weekly bill, probably for painting room supplies. However, only the record of 12 November 1757 specifies a "bill for Colours", and Austin began to be paid for candle-snuffing duties from the 1759-60 season onwards, so most of his bill payments cannot be confidently categorised.
Musicians (French Horns) 5s Internal By a Horn
Total £472 8d