Saturday 20 December 1760

Plays

Performances
Love for Love, The Knights, Les Charboniers, Rural Dance
Event Type
Benefit
Revenue
£123 3s
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
56%
Beneficiary(ies)
Person(s) in Distress
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Charge
£84
Additional Charge
Unknown
Notes
Benefit: for a Widow Gentlewoman
Tickets given out for yesterday the 19th will be taken this night

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £89 2s £89 2s £0 £0 £0
Beneficiaries
Tickets Amount Box Pit Gallery Total
Person(s) in Distress £34 1s 67 72 65 204
Total £123 3s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Employees (Other) 15s Internal Austin 6 days 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) £25 1s Internal Servants Ditto [sallerys] for Ditto [6 days] Payroll broken down on the facing page under the heading, "6 days sallery".
Lamplighters £1 12s 3d Internal Lamps BD vol. 8, p. 408 states that the last mention of Mr Kemp, lampman, was on 28 May 1760, but he was also named thrice in the 1760-61 expenditure records for lamplighting, and the regular £1 12s 3d payments for "Lamps" in this and the following season probably went to him too.
Performers (Other) £252 3s Internal Performers sallerys for 6 days Payroll broken down on the facing page under the heading, "6 days sallery".
Security 14s Internal Gaurds
Musicians (Band) £4 15s Internal Musick
Clothing Purchase (Other) £7 External Bot. of Mrs. Buckoke a large French silk sack
Hair, Beards and Wigs 5s 4d Internal Barbers
Tailoring 18s 3d Departmental Meares Tayler a Bill
Wardrobe (Other) £1 4s 10d Departmental Wardrobe Bill
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £8 14s Departmental Thorne for the Scenemen
Properties 4s Departmental Property Bill
Scene Painters £2 Internal Mr. Dall a Weeks sallery
Candles (Tallow) £13 2s 6d External Do. [One] Commencg. 11th Decr & ending 13th followg. Listed under "Paid Mr. Pattinson Tallow Chandler sundry Bills (Viz)".
Candles (Tallow) £18 4s 6d External Do. [One] Commencg. 28th & ending 10th Decr. followg. Listed under "Paid Mr. Pattinson Tallow Chandler sundry Bills (Viz)".
Candles (Tallow) £24 12s External Do. [One] Commencg. 21st Novr. & endg. 27th followg. Listed under "Paid Mr. Pattinson Tallow Chandler sundry Bills (Viz)".
Candles (Tallow) £21 7s External One Commencing 22nd October 1760 and ending 25th. following Listed under "Paid Mr. Pattinson Tallow Chandler sundry Bills (Viz)".
Bill Distribution £3 9s Internal Billsetters as [per] Bill
Management £1 Internal Mr. C. Rich
Management £5 5s Internal Mr. J. Rich
Benefit Payments £5 2s Internal Pd. Mrs. Belissen being Overmoney as [per] Contra This night being her benefit night.
Miscellaneous £12 1s External Rents &ca.
Total £409 9s 8d