Wednesday 11 November 1761

Plays

Performances
Comus (1738), Lethe; or, Esop in the Shades
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£131 13s 6d
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
60%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Notes
Income from Boxes £39 5s

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £131 13s 6d £131 13s 6d £0 £0 £0
Total £131 13s 6d

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.
Security 14s Internal Gaurds
Singers 5s Internal Roberts Listed with multiple other payments as "all in Comus". Presumably the singer Ellis Roberts.
Singers 5s Internal Reily Listed with multiple other payments as "all in Comus". Everyone in the list was paid 5s, and appear to have been singers, except "Willis K. D.", so Reily was surely a singer too.
Singers 5s Internal Warren Listed with multiple other payments as "all in Comus".
Singers 5s Internal Stevens Listed with multiple other payments as "all in Comus".
Singers 5s Internal Whitaker Listed with multiple other payments as "all in Comus".
Singers 5s Internal Dibdin Listed with multiple other payments as "all in Comus".
Singers 5s Internal Mr. Courts Listed with multiple other payments as "all in Comus".
Musicians (Band) £4 19s 4d Internal Musick
Musicians (Kettle Drums) 5s Internal Willis K. D. Listed with multiple other payments as "all in Comus".
Hair, Beards and Wigs 5s 4d Internal Barbers
Wardrobe (Other) £1 5s 6d Departmental Wardrobe Bill
Properties 4s 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 Renters &ca.
Total £35 15s 11d