Saturday 22 April 1758

Plays

Performances
The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Contrivances; or, More Ways Than One, Hornpipe, The Judgement of Paris (1757), Comic Dance
Event Type
Benefit
Revenue
£239 12s 6d
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
126%
Beneficiary(ies)
Edward Holtom
Thomas Carmichael
Mr Chapman
Thomas Rawlings
Susanna Helme
Miss Stephens
Nancy Dawson
Mrs Hitchcock
Lucy Gwinn
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Charge
Unknown
Additional Charge
Unknown
Notes
Benefit: Holtom, Mrs Stephens, Miss Helm, and Carmichael
Tickets deliver'd by Holtom, Carmichael, Chapman, Rawlins, Miss Helm, Miss Stephens, Miss Dawson, Miss Leppie, Mrs Hitchcock, Mrs Gwin will be taken

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £33 16s 6d £33 16s 6d £0 £0 £0
Beneficiaries
Tickets Amount Box Pit Gallery Total
Edward Holtom £14 14s 0 56 63 119
Thomas Carmichael £6 12 12 12 36
Mr Chapman £67 14s 114 214 71 399
Thomas Rawlings £18 6s 10 74 47 131
Susanna Helme £5 19s 3 14 31 48
Miss Stephens £9 3s 13 16 35 64
Nancy Dawson £41 12s 126 44 35 205
£8 3s 4 23 37 64
Mrs Hitchcock £21 12s 35 67 28 130
Lucy Gwinn £12 13s 4 39 58 101
Total £239 12s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
House Servants (Other) £24 13s Internal By Servants 6 Nights Do. [Salary]
Performers (Other) £243 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 5s 6d Departmental By Mr. Meares [per] bill
Wardrobe (Other) £1 Departmental By Wardrobe bill
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £9 18s 6d Departmental By Do. [Geo: Powell] for Do. [Carpenters] to 22 Inst.
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £10 16s 2d Departmental By Geo: Powell for Carpenters to 15th. Instant
Properties 6s Departmental By Properties
Scene Painters £1 Internal By Mr. Dall on Accot. of Salary
Scene Painters 14s Internal By Mr. Austin 7 Nts. Salary
Candles (Tallow) £13 11s 6d External By Do. [Mr. Patinson] to 15. April
Candles (Tallow) £14 1s External By Mr. Patinson to 8th. April
Bill Distribution £3 9s Internal By Bill Setters [per] bill
Management £6 Internal By Mr. C. Rich 6 Nights
Management £31 10s Internal By Mrs. Rich 6 Nights
Miscellaneous £37 15s 9d External By Mr. Powell for Rent of Old Shares &c
Unknown 5s 9d 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.
Renters' Shares £28 4s External By Do. [Mr. Powell] for Rent of New Shs 28. 10. Already Charged 6. The 6s was subtracted from the £28 10s.
Musicians (French Horns) 5s Internal By a French horn
Total £438 7s 6d