Saturday 7 March 1761

Plays

Performances
Comus (1738), Catherine and Petruchio
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£180 3s 6d
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
82%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Notes
Income from Boxes £60

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £180 3s 6d £180 3s 6d £0 £0 £0
Total £180 3s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Employees (Other) 12s Internal Austin 4 days a[.] 2. 6. one day a[.] 2s 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) £2 Internal Chorus singers as [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.
House Servants (Other) £17 2s Internal Servants Ditto [sallerys] for 4 days Payroll broken down on the facing page under the heading, "4 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) £175 15s 4d Internal Performers sallerys for 4 days Payroll broken down on the facing page under the heading, "4 days sallery".
Musicians (Band) £4 19s 4d Internal Musick
Hair, Beards and Wigs 5s 4d Internal Barbers
Wardrobe (Other) £1 6s 2d Departmental Wardrobe Bill
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £8 7s 3d Departmental Thorne for the Scenemen
Properties 7s 6d Departmental Property Bill
Scene Painters £2 Internal Mr. Dall a weeks sallery
Bill Distribution £3 4s Internal Billsetters as [per] Bill
Newspaper Advertisements 10s External 2 Advertisements Presumed to be newspaper advertising.
Printing £2 9s External 2 Days Bills
Management £5 5s Internal Mr. J. Rich
Management £1 Internal Mr. C. Rich
Miscellaneous £12 1s External Rents &ca.
Unknown 9s 6d Unknown Ditto [Austin] a 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.
Unknown £100 Unknown Mr. Forrest senr. on account of a Bill deliver'd ending Xtmas last CG dealt with an attorney named Mr Forrest and a linen draper named Mr Forrest. The last definite payment to the linen draper came in 1747, so the attorney was the likelier recipient here.
Total £339 5s 8d