Saturday 27 October 1759

Plays

Performances
The Beggar's Opera, Catherine and Petruchio, Country Dance, Hornpipe, Dutch Skipper, The Threshers
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£95 19s
Available Revenue
49%
Capacity
44%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £95 19s £95 19s £0 £0 £0
Total £95 19s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Performers (Other) £236 1s Internal By Performers 6 Nights Salary
Miscellaneous £72 6s External By J. Powell for 6 Nts. Rent &ca.
Management £31 10s Internal By Mrs. Rich 6 Nights
Renters' Shares £30 14s 4d External By Do. [J. Powell] for Balce. due on accot. of Rent for the Season ending May 1759
House Servants (Other) £23 13s Internal By Servants 6 Nights Do. [Salary]
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £9 1s Departmental By Mr Gom for Scene men [per] bill
Management £6 Internal By Mr. C. Rich 6 Nights
Musicians (Band) £4 9s 2d Internal By Band of Musick
Security £4 4s Internal By Guards 6 Nights
Bill Distribution £3 9s Internal By Bill Setters [per] bill
Employees (Other) £3 Internal By Chorus Singers 6 Nights [per] List This payment related to the list typically identified as "Chorus Singers &ca", which included musicians and perhaps other types of performers in addition to singers.
Housekeeping £2 17s 8d Departmental By Mr. Serjant [per] bill for Incidents
Wardrobe (Other) £1 13s Departmental By Wardrobe bill
Scene Painters £1 10s Internal By Mr. Dall on accot. of Salary
Hair, Beards and Wigs £1 12s Internal By Barbers 6 Nights
Properties 13s Departmental By Properties
Scene Painters 12s Internal By Mr. Austin 6 days Austin's daily rate was 2s when he only painted, 2s 6d when he also snuffed candles, hence the categorisation as "Scene Painters".
Unknown 8s 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 Collours &ca.", 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.
Tailoring 8s 6d Departmental By Mr. Meares [per] bill A marginal note, perhaps relating to this payment, reads "query". The surviving 1759-60 Covent Garden account book is a rough book, which is stated within its own pages to be slightly discrepant from, and less authoritative than, "Mr Ballard's Journal"; perhaps this record was made partly or wholly in error. Alternatively, it was Meares himself who needed to be queried over his bill.
Total £434 1s 8d