Saturday 3 May 1760

Plays

Event Type
Benefit
Revenue
£147 1s 6d
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
67%

Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Charge
Unknown
Additional Charge
Unknown

Notes
Benefit: Gibbs, Miss White, and a Gentleman in Distress
Tickets delivered out by Courtney, Rawlins, Mrs Gold, Mrs Gwinn, and others for 26 April will be taken
Tickets sold at the doors will not be admitted

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £31 8s 6d £31 8s 6d £0 £0 £0
Beneficiaries
Tickets Amount Box Pit Gallery Total
Mr Gibbs £2 16s 0 4 22 26
Mr Courtney £32 11s 30 141 39 210
Person(s) in Distress £28 15s 37 92 57 186
Kitty White £12 6s 17 29 37 83
Grace Gould £6 2s 3 15 31 49
Mrs Hitchcock £8 10s 12 30 10 52
Lucy Gwinn £9 8s 2 28 47 77
Rawlins £15 5s 17 44 44 105
Total £147 1s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Employees (Other) 15s Internal By Mr. Austin 6 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)".
House Servants (Other) £24 6s Internal By Servants 6 Do. [Nights Salary]
Lamplighters £9 12s Internal By Mr Kemp 6 Nts. Lamps
Performers (Other) £233 1s Internal By Performers 6 Nights Salary
Security £4 4s Internal By Guards 6 Nights
Musicians (Band) £4 17s 6d Internal By Band of Musick
Hair, Beards and Wigs £1 12s Internal By Barbers 6 Nights
Wardrobe (Other) £2 1s 10d Departmental By Wardrobe bill
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £8 9s 6d Departmental By Mr Gom for Scene Men
Properties 13s Departmental By Properties
Scene Painters £1 10s Internal By Mr. Dall on accot. 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
Renters' Shares £60 External By Mr Powell for Rent &ca. to this day The sum paid suggests that this was only for renters' shares, and that "&ca." was written out of habit.
Total £392 10d