Saturday 26 September 1761

Plays

Performances
Comus (1738), The Knights
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£153 17s 6d
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
70%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Comment
Income from Boxes £70 13s 6d

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £153 17s 6d £153 17s 6d £0 £0 £0
Total £153 17s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Actors 12s 6d Internal Mr Tindall Do. [Enter'd] fm. 18th Inst Inclusive a[.] 2s. 6d
Actors £2 1s 8d Internal Mr. Lewis Do. [Enter'd] fm. 7th Inst Inclusive a[.] 4s. 2d
Actors 15s Internal Mrs. Burden Do. [Enter'd] fm. 23rd Inst Inclusive a[.] 5s.
Actors £17 10s Internal Mrs. Bellamy Enter'd fm. 7th Inst. Inclusive at £315 for the season wich is £1. 15. [per] day
Dancers 13s 4d Internal Mrs. Welsch Do. [Advanc'd] fm. 7th Inst. a[.] 1s. 4d [per] day
Dancers 10s Internal Mr. Hussey Advanc'd fm. 7th Inst. a[.] [?] 1s/ [per] day
Employees (Other) 16s 6d Internal Austin 5 days a[.] 2s. 6d two days a[.] 2s. Austin's daily rate was 2s when he only painted, 2s 6d when he also snuffed candles, hence the categorisation as "Employees (Other)".
Employees (Other) £2 6d Internal Chorus singers &ca.
House Servants (Other) £20 14s 6d Internal Servants Ditto [sallerys] for 5 days Payroll broken down on the facing page under the heading, "5 days Sallery".
Housekeeping £8 6s 3d Departmental Mr Sarjant a Bill of Incidents
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 that and the following season probably went to him too.
Performers (Other) £181 5s 10d Internal Performers sallerys for 5 days Payroll broken down on the facing page under the heading, "5 days Sallery".
Performers (Other) 12s 6d Internal Mr. Young Do. [Enter'd] fm. Ditto [18th Inst Inclusive] a[.] 2. 6 Thomas Young, actor and singer.
Security £1 1s Internal Gave the Constables that Attended the Theatre by Order of Mr. Fielding 24 Inst. ye Night their Majesties &ca were Present
Musicians (Band) £4 19s 4d Internal Musick
Hair, Beards and Wigs 5s 4d Internal Barbers
Wardrobe (Other) £1 2s Departmental Wardrobe Bill
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £10 17s Departmental Thorne for the Scenemen
Properties 10s 8d Departmental Property Bill
Scene Painters £2 Internal Mr. Dall a Weeks sallery
Scene Painters £5 5s Internal Mr. Richard Do. [a bill] for Paintg ye Scene of Space apparently left after "of" for a name that was never supplied.
Candles (Tallow) £2 10s External Tallow Candles
Candles (Wax) £1 6s External Wax Candles
Coal 10s External Coales
Bill Distribution 11s 6d Internal 1 Days Billsetters
Newspaper Advertisements 5s External 1 Advertisement Presumed to be newspaper advertising.
Printing £1 7s External 1 Days Bills
Management £1 Internal Mr. C. Rich
Management £5 5s Internal Mr. J. Rich
Miscellaneous £12 1s External By Rents &ca.
Uncategorised £2 5s 3d Unknown Austin a bill Austin was paid a weekly bill, probably for painting room supplies. However, only the record of 12 November 1757 specifies "a Bill for Collours &ca.", and Austin began to be paid for candle-snuffing duties from the 1759-60 season onwards, so most of his bill payments cannot be confidently categorised.
Total £290 11s 11d