Tuesday 16 January 1759

Plays

Event Type
Benefit
Revenue
£245 12s 6d
Available Revenue
58%
Capacity
129%

Beneficiary(ies)
Middlesex Hospital
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Charge
Unknown
Additional Charge
Unknown

Notes
Benefit: the Middlesex Hospital for Sick and Lame and Lying In Married Women

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £78 13s 6d £78 13s 6d £0 £0 £0
Beneficiaries
Tickets Amount Box Pit Gallery Total
Middlesex Hospital £166 19s 531 0 342 873
Total £245 12s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Musicians (Band) £4 16s 8d Internal By Band of Musick
Wardrobe (Other) 18s Departmental By Wardrobe bill
Properties 7s Departmental By Properties
Construction £20 External By Stephen Gom in part of a bill for work done at Cowley Presumed to be for construction work at John Rich's house, Cowley Grove, rather than for theatre-related carpentry. For more on the Gom family, and suggestions as to their working relationship with CG, see Terry Jenkins, John Rich: The Man Who Built Covent Garden Theatre (2016), pp. 118-19.
Musicians (French Horns) 5s Internal By a French horn
Total £26 6s 8d