Saturday 21 April 1759

Plays

Performances
Douglas, The Honest Yorkshireman, Roast Beef of Old England; or, The Antigallican, Fingalian Dance, The Milkmaid's Holiday: The Humours of May Day
Event Type
Benefit
Revenue
£109 1s 6d
Available Revenue
41%
Capacity
57%
Beneficiary(ies)
Miss P. Hillyard
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Charge
£63
Additional Charge
Unknown
Notes
Benefit: Miss Hilliard
Tickets to be had and places to be taken of Mr Sarjant at the Stage Door

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £46 4s 6d £46 4s 6d £0 £0 £0
Beneficiaries
Tickets Amount Box Pit Gallery Total
Miss P. Hillyard £62 17s 106 175 101 382
Total £109 1s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
House Servants (Other) £25 5s Internal By Servants 6 Nights Do. [Salary]
Performers (Other) 12s Internal By Mr. Robinson &ca. Robinson/Robertson was an assistant prompter, but in the 1758-59 and 1760-61 seasons received additional 2s 6d payments for performing/operating "the Barrow", "Punch", and perhaps other such.
Performers (Other) £226 4s Internal By Performers 6 Nights Salary
Security £4 4s Internal By Guards 6 Nights
Musicians (Band) £4 16s 8d Internal By Band of Musick
Hair, Beards and Wigs £1 12s Internal By Barbers 6 Nights Account book records around this time are inconsistent as to whether a "barber" or "barbers" were weekly paid. 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) 16s 6d Departmental By Wardrobe bill
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £10 18s 3d Departmental By Mr. G. Powell for Carpenters [per] bill
Properties 2s Departmental By Properties
Scene Painters £2 Internal By Mr. Dall on Accot. Salary 2 Weeks
Scene Painters £1 4s Internal By Mr. Austin 12 days
Bill Distribution £4 16s 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 £72 6s External By Mr Powell for 6 Nights Rent This payment was for what was normally described as "Rent &ca.", which referred to renters' shares and taxes.
Unknown £1 1s 8d 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 £393 8s 1d