Saturday 28 April 1759

Plays

Performances
The Recruiting Officer, A Duke and No Duke, Fingalian Dance, The Threshers
Event Type
Benefit
Revenue
£177 14s
Available Revenue
52%
Capacity
94%
Beneficiary(ies)
Mr Chapman
Harriet Dyer
Miss White
Miss Sledge
Eleanor White
Mrs Leppie
Mrs Viviez
Mrs Hitchcock
Monsieur De Laître
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Charge
Unknown
Additional Charge
Unknown
Notes
Benefit: Chapman, Mrs Dyer, Miss White, and Miss Sledge
Tickets deliver'd out by Mrs White, Mrs Leppie, Mrs Viviez, and Mrs Hitchcock will be taken
Described as a ticket takers night in the account book, which adds Delaistre

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £24 6s £24 6s £0 £0 £0
Beneficiaries
Tickets Amount Box Pit Gallery Total
Mr Chapman £41 11s 48 139 62 249
Harriet Dyer £14 5s 17 42 37 96
Miss White £17 35 33 33 101
Miss Sledge £23 17s 25 66 77 168
Eleanor White £12 11s 5 58 26 89
Mrs Leppie £6 9s 4 13 35 52
Mrs Viviez £22 10s 12 72 87 171
Mrs Hitchcock £12 6s 26 38 1 65
Monsieur De Laître £2 19s 7 8 0 15
Total £177 14s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
House Servants (Other) £24 13s Internal By Servants 6 Nights Do. [Salary]
Performers (Other) £219 10s 8d Internal By Performers 6 Nights Salary
Security £4 4s Internal By Guards 6 Nights
Musicians (Band) £4 16s 8d Internal By Band of Musick
Musicians (Other) 9s 6d Internal By a French horn & side Drum &ca.
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.
Tailoring 5s 4d Departmental By Mr. Meares [per] bill
Wardrobe (Other) £3 5s 5d Departmental By Wardrobe bill
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £9 7s Departmental By Mr. G. Powell for Carpenters [per] bill
Properties 3s 2d Departmental By Properties
Scene Painters £1 Internal By Mr. Dall on Accot: of Salary
Scene Painters 12s Internal By Mr. Austin 6 days Salary
Bill Distribution £3 9s Internal By Bill Setters [per] bill
Management £31 10s Internal By Mrs. Rich 6 Nights
Management £6 Internal By Mr. C. Rich 6 Nights
Proprietorial (Other) £50 External By Mrs. Rich on Accot. [per] Rect.
Miscellaneous £66 3s External By Mr Powell 6 Nights Rent This payment was for what was normally described as "Rent &ca.", which referred to renters' shares and taxes.
Unknown £1 2s 6d 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 £428 3s 3d