Monday 27 April 1761

Plays

Event Type
Benefit
Revenue
£190 2s
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
86%

Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Charge
£63
Additional Charge
£1 8s

Notes
Benefit: Baker, Miles, Miss Young
Tickets deliver'd out by Mrs Ferguson will be taken
No building on Stage
Supplementary charge: Extras in the Wardrobe bill £0:7:6; Do [extras] Chorus singers £1:0:6

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £36 17s £36 17s £0 £0 £0
Beneficiaries
Tickets Amount Box Pit Gallery Total
Francis Miles £60 13s 103 182 76 361
Mr Baker £41 6s 69 125 53 247
Thomas Young £32 10s 28 98 108 234
Jane Ferguson £18 16s 9 61 74 144
Other Income
Category Amount Notes
Ticket money £5 7s 6d Mr Dufour his share of Tickets 11th Instant
Ticket money £4 13s 6d Mr Dumay Ditto [his share of Tickets 11th Instant]
Ticket money £4 8s 6d Mr Dibdin Do. [his share of Tickets] 17th Instant
Ticket money £3 9s Mr Jos Smith his share of Tickets 19th May last for Bold Stroke & Contrivances
Sub Total £17 18s 6d
Total £208 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Employees (Other) £1 6d Internal Chorus singrs 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.
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) 17s Departmental Wardrobe Bill
Wardrobe (Other) 7s 6d Departmental Extras in Wardrobe
Properties 9s 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 £29 9s 5d