Thursday 26 March 1761

Plays

Event Type
Benefit, Requested Performance
Revenue
£284 12s 6d
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
129%

Beneficiary(ies)
Edward Shuter
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
Unknown
Charge
£63
Additional Charge
Unknown

Notes
Mainpiece: Not acted in 20 years
Shuter's Interlude is a verse monologue with songs giving the geneology of Bucks from Nimrods, heirs hunters who now seek ladies in Boxes rather than foxes . A patriotic song on successes at Minden, Quebec: Cape Breton &c ending We wish as we ought that Great Britain may thrive That freedom and friendship may faction surviveOn sea and on shore as we have may we shine And this year sixty one equal famd forty nine

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £171 15s 6d £171 15s 6d £0 £0 £0
Beneficiaries
Tickets Amount Box Pit Gallery Total
Edward Shuter £112 17s 272 299 0 571
Total £284 12s 6d

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
Clothing Material (Other) 18s 9d External Messrs. Hughes & Batton for 4. 11/16 Yds. Muslin a[.] [illeg] 4s/ for Sleeves for the Women dancers
Hair, Beards and Wigs 5s 4d Internal Barbers
Wardrobe (Other) 17s Departmental Wardrobe Bill
Properties 6s 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.
Loans Made (as Creditor) £3 3s Internal Mrs. Burden Advanc'd
Total £31 19s 8d