Friday 15 May 1761

Plays

Event Type
Benefit
Revenue
£213 9s
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
97%

Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Charge
Unknown
Additional Charge
Unknown

Notes
Benefit: Wilford, Ross, Slater, and Trott
Tickets deliver'd by Besford [error for Beswoth], Clark, Darby, Toten, Dimmock &c will be taken
Mainpiece Acted but once these 10 years

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £15 15s £15 15s £0 £0 £0
Beneficiaries
Tickets Amount Box Pit Gallery Total
Charles Wilford £11 12s 2 62 18 82
Mr Ross £33 17s 5 162 83 250
John Trott £43 19s 144 53 0 197
Mr Slater £20 1s 2 57 110 169
Mr Derby £23 7s 4 79 105 188
Mr Toten £9 2s 0 32 43 75
Mr Clingo £12 19s 0 55 47 102
Mr Besworth £5 12s 0 24 20 44
Mr Dimmock £7 2s 0 12 53 65
Joseph Smith £8 17s 8 29 25 62
Charles Coles £18 9s 4 61 83 148
Sarah Griffiths £2 17s 0 11 12 23
Other Income
Category Amount Notes
Ticket money £2 16s Jos Besworth his share of Tickets this night
Sale of sundries £6 4s Rece'd of Jno Carne of the ends of Wax Candles sold last season
Sale of sundries £23 19s 4d Rece'd of Do. [Jno Carne] of Do. [end of Wax Candles] sold this season
Sub Total £32 19s 4d
Total £246 8s 4d

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 Purchase (Headwear) £1 17s 6d External Mr. Neasbey Hatter as [per] bill
Hair, Beards and Wigs 5s 4d Internal Barbers
Wardrobe (Other) 18s 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
Messengers and Porters 12s Internal Besworth a weeks sallery
Miscellaneous £12 1s External Rents &ca.
Total £30 8s 5d