Tuesday 6 October 1761

Plays

Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£129 19s
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
59%

Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A

Notes
Income from Boxes £35 10s

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £129 19s £129 19s £0 £0 £0
Total £129 19s

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 that and the following season probably went to him too.
Singers 5s Internal Dibdin
Musicians (Band) £4 19s 4d Internal Musick
Hair, Beards and Wigs 5s 4d Internal Barbers
Wardrobe (Other) 19s 6d Departmental Wardrobe Bill
Properties 2s 6d Departmental Property Bill
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 £5 5s Internal Mr. J. Rich
Management £1 Internal Mr. C. Rich
Miscellaneous £12 1s External By Rents &ca.
Unknown 5s 6d Unknown Mr Shuman Perhaps the Mr (Friedrich Theodor?) Schumann listed in BD vol. 13, p. 234, a musician and composer. The amount paid here would suggest a single night's performance, rather than any composition.
Total £33 4s 11d