Friday 23 October 1761

Plays

Event Type
Benefit
Revenue
£123
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
56%

Beneficiary(ies)
Sufferers of a fire
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Charge
£84
Additional Charge
£1 5s

Notes
Benefit: for a Citizen who has sufferd greatly by Fire
Supplementary charge: for wax Candles £1. 5

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £72 16s £72 16s £0 £0 £0
Beneficiaries
Tickets Amount Box Pit Gallery Total
Sufferers of a fire £50 4s 24 178 175 377
Total £123

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.
Musicians (Band) £4 19s 4d Internal Musick
Hair, Beards and Wigs 5s 4d Internal Barbers
Wardrobe (Other) £1 11s Departmental Wardrobe Bill
Properties 2s 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
Proprietorial (Other) £10 10s External Mr. Rich on Account
Miscellaneous £12 1s External By Renters &ca.
Total £43 15s 5d