Saturday 5 May 1759

Plays

Performances
Theodosius; or, The Force of Love, Lethe; or, Esop in the Shades, Fingalian Dance
Event Type
Benefit
Revenue
£128 10s 6d
Available Revenue
54%
Capacity
68%
Beneficiary(ies)
Ellis Roberts
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Charge
£80
Additional Charge
Unknown
Notes
No Building on Stage
Tickets sold at the Doors will not be admitted

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £31 4s 6d £31 4s 6d £0 £0 £0
Beneficiaries
Tickets Amount Box Pit Gallery Total
Ellis Roberts £97 6s 111 345 178 634
Total £128 10s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
House Servants (Other) £24 13s Internal By Servants 6 Nights Do. [Salary]
Housekeeping £1 11s 8d Departmental By Sarjant for Incidents [per] bill
Performers (Other) £210 4s Internal By Performers 6 Nights Salary
Security £4 4s Internal By Guards 6 Nights
Treasurers £10 10s Internal By Mr. Waring on Accot. for Examg. Accots.
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) £1 19s 9d Departmental By Wardrobe bill
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £6 Departmental By Mr. Powell for Carpenters
Properties 2s 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) £5 5s External By Mr. J Rich on Accot.
Miscellaneous £60 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 11s 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 £375 7d