Saturday 22 December 1759

Plays

Performances
The Provoked Husband; or, A Journey to London, The Fair
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£151 18s
Available Revenue
47%
Capacity
69%
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 £151 18s £151 18s £0 £0 £0
Total £151 18s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Employees (Other) 17s Internal By Mr. Austin 7 ds. Salary Austin's daily rate was 2s when he only painted, 2s 6d when he also snuffed candles, hence the categorisation as "Employees (Other)".
Employees (Other) £3 12s 6d Internal By Chorus Singers &ca. [per] List
House Servants (Other) £24 2s Internal By Servants 6 Nights Salary
Performers (Other) £245 6s Internal By Performers 6 Nights Salary
Security £4 4s Internal By Guards 6 Nights
Musicians (Band) £4 18s 4d Internal By Band of Musick
Hair, Beards and Wigs £1 12s Internal By Barbers 6 Nights
Tailoring £3 5s 6d Departmental By Mr. Meares Taylor [per] bill
Wardrobe (Other) £3 9d Departmental By Wardrobe bill
Wardrobe (Other) £7 10s Internal By Mr Whitfield assistant in the Wardrobe 3/m Salary due 24 instant
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £11 14s Departmental By Mr Gom for Scene Men [per] bill
Properties 10s Departmental By Properties
Scene Painters £1 10s Internal By Mr. Dall on accot. of Saly omitted 15th. inst
Scene Painters £1 10s Internal By Do. [Mr. Dall] on account of Salary
Construction £38 5s External By Mr [?] Steph. Gom of Uxbridge in full 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.
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) £21 External By Mr Rich upon accot.
Miscellaneous £72 6s External By Mr. Powell for Rent &ca. to this day
Unknown 4s 4d 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.
Total £486 6s 5d