Thursday 9 April 1761

Plays

Event Type
Benefit
Revenue
£81 8s
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
37%

Beneficiary(ies)
Charles Poitier
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Charge
Unknown
Additional Charge
Unknown

Comment
Tickets delivered out by Poitier for Friday 10th instant will be taken this night
The Rape of Proserpine oblig'd to be deferr'd on Account of the Indisposition of a principal performer

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £62 18s £62 18s £0 £0 £0
Beneficiaries
Tickets Amount Box Pit Gallery Total
Charles Poitier £18 10s 74 0 0 74
Total £81 8s

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.
Supernumeraries 10s Internal Boy & Girls Attendance in the Opera
Musicians (Band) £4 19s 4d Internal Musick
Hair, Beards and Wigs 5s 4d Internal Barbers
Wardrobe (Other) 17s Departmental Wardrobe Bill
Properties 11s 9d 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 £28 13s 8d