Wednesday 25 March 1761

Plays

Event Type
Benefit, Requested Performance
Revenue
£211 9s
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
96%

Beneficiary(ies)
Esther Bland
Commanded by
N/A
Charge
£63
Additional Charge
£1 5s

Notes
Mainpiece: Not acted in 10 years
Afterpiece By Desire of several Ladies of Quality
Ladies send servants by 3 o'clock
Supplementary charge: Wax Candles £1:5:0

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £56 16s £56 16s £0 £0 £0
Beneficiaries
Tickets Amount Box Pit Gallery Total
Esther Bland £154 13s 203 514 268 985
Total £211 9s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
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.
Musicians (Band) £4 19s 4d Internal Musick
Hair, Beards and Wigs 5s 4d Internal Barbers
Wardrobe (Other) 19s 6d Departmental Wardrobe Bill
Properties 2s 6d Departmental Property Bill
Newspaper Advertisements 5s External 1 Advertisement Presumed to be newspaper advertising.
Printing £1 7s External 1 Days Bills
Management £5 5s Internal Mr. J. Rich
Management £1 Internal Mr. C. Rich
Miscellaneous £12 1s External Rents &ca.
Total £27 16s 11d