Saturday 29 December 1759

Plays

Performances
The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Fair
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£127
Available Revenue
56%
Capacity
58%
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 £127 £127 £0 £0 £0
Total £127

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Actors £5 5s Internal By Mrs. Lee for Performing Dorinda in the Stratagen 20th. int
Employees (Other) £2 2s Internal By Mr Weller for Extrary Attendce. in getting the Fair ready Mr Weller was an actor and dancer. BD vol. 15, p. 339 states that he was not listed in the initial playbills for The Fair, then was listed in it from 28 January 1760. But the nature of his "Extrary Attendce." is unclear.
Employees (Other) 11s 6d Internal By Mr. Austin 5 days 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) £4 11s Internal By Chorus Singers &ca. [per] List
House Servants (Other) £16 5s 4d Internal By Servants 4 days Do. [Salary]
Lamplighters £20 16s Internal By Mr Kemp 13 Nights from the 1st. to the 15th. inst. at £1: 12: This payment was accidentally duplicated on 8 January 1760, with an incorrect date: "Mr Kemp for Lamps 13th. Nights from 1st. to the 13 Decr. '59 at £1: 12:". A later note added to that entry reads "Error see fol 21. Deducted fol 54.". On folio 21 appears this payment of 29 December 1759; on folio 54 appears a deduction from the total expenses, "Mr Kemp on 5 Janry last", £20 16s. Neither the duplicate nor the deduction have been recorded here.
Performers (Other) £168 14s Internal By Performers 4 days Salary
Security £2 16s Internal By Guards 4 Nights
Musicians (Band) £4 18s 4d Internal By Band of Musick
Hair, Beards and Wigs £1 1s 4d Internal By Barbers 4 Nights
Tailoring 8s Departmental By Mr. Meares Taylor [per] bill
Wardrobe (Other) £1 9s 6d Departmental By Wardrobe bill
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £10 9d Departmental By Mr Gom for Scene Men [per] bill
Properties 7s 6d Departmental By Properties
Scene Painters £1 10s Internal By Mr. Dall on accot. of Salary
Bill Distribution £2 15s Internal By Bill Setters [per] bill
Management £21 Internal By Mrs. [?] Rich 4 Nights
Management £4 Internal By Mr. C. Rich 4 Nights
Miscellaneous £48 4s External By Mr. Powell for 4 Nts. Rent &c to this day
Unknown 14s 9d 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 £317 10s