Saturday 18 February 1758

Plays

Performances
King Lear, The Contrivances; or, More Ways Than One, Jovial Coopers
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£112 13s 6d
Available Revenue
36%
Capacity
59%
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 £112 13s 6d £112 13s 6d £0 £0 £0
Total £112 13s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Actors £10 17s 10d Internal By Mr. Barry 1/3 of £32. 13. 6 being Surps
House Servants (Other) £16 19s 4d Internal By Servants 4 days [per] Do. [List]
Performers (Other) £164 18s 8d Internal By Performers 4 days [per] List
Security £2 16s Internal By Guards 4 Nights
Musicians (Band) £4 18s 4d Internal By Band of Musick
Musicians (Other) 7s Internal By a Horn & Side Drum
Clothing Purchase (Other) £71 18s External By Mr. Blackmore, being so much paid to Sundry Tradesmen [per] bills for Dioclesian
Hair, Beards and Wigs £1 1s 4d Internal By Barber 4 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 14s 6d Departmental By Wardrobe bill
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £5 18s Departmental By Mr. Finny for Carpenters to 18th. inst.
Properties 4s Departmental By Properties
Scene Painters £1 Internal By Mr. Dall on Accot. of Salary
Scene Painters 10s Internal By Mr. Austin for 5 days Do. [Salary]
Candles (Tallow) £16 10s External By Mr. Pattinson [per] bill to 6th. Febry '58
Candles (Tallow) £14 5s 6d External By Do. [Mr. Pattinson] [per] bill to 15. Febry
Bill Distribution £2 15s Internal By Bill Setters [per] bill
Management £4 Internal By Mr. C. Rich 4 Nights
Management £21 Internal By Mrs. Rich 4 Nights
Miscellaneous £45 8s External By Mr. Mure 4 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).
Unknown 18s 4d 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.
Total £387 19s 10d