Thursday 26 November 1761

Plays

Performances
Henry V, A Coronation
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£230 18s
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
105%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Notes
Income from Boxes £85 5s

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £230 18s £230 18s £0 £0 £0
Other Income
Category Amount Notes
Uncategorised £4 10s Receiv'd of Mr. Anderson on Account
Uncategorised £2 5s Ditto [Receiv'd] of Mr. Weller on Account
Uncategorised £2 5s Ditto [Receiv'd] of Mr. Perry on Account
Uncategorised £2 5s Ditto [Receiv'd] of Mr. Buck on Account
Uncategorised £4 10s Ditto [Receiv'd] of Mr. Rd. Smith on Account
Uncategorised £5 14s 2d Ditto [Receiv'd] of Mr. Creswick on Account
Uncategorised £4 10s Ditto [Receiv'd] of Mr. Stede on Account
Uncategorised £5 5s Receiv'd of Mr. Ross Pit door keepr. on Acc.t
Uncategorised £4 10s Receiv'd of Mr. Luke Clarke on Account
Uncategorised £31 10s Do. [Receiv'd] the Stoppage for Coales 63 Nts. at 10s
Fruit concessions £20 Rece'd of Mr Jno. Condell on Account of Fruit Rent this season
Sub Total £87 4s 2d
Total £318 2s 2d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Employees (Other) 10s Internal Austin 4 Do [Days] sallery 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) £5 16s Internal Persons us'd in the Coronation as [per] List
House Servants (Other) £16 16s Internal Servants Do [sallerys] for 4 days Payroll broken down on the facing page under the heading, "4 Days sallerys Paid to the Servants the first being Paid the 18 Sep".
Housekeeping £4 5s 3d Departmental Do [Mr. Sarjant] a Bill of Incidents to this day
Housekeeping £5 Internal Mr. Sarjant on Account of Sallery
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) £210 10d Internal Performers sallerys for 5 days Payroll broken down on the facing page under the heading, "5 Days Sallerys Paid to the Performers in full to this Night, Including the first day this season".
Security 14s Internal Gaurds
Musicians (Band) £4 19s 4d Internal Musick
Musicians (Side Drums) 2s Internal Mr. Greville side Drum us'd in ye. Play
Hair, Beards and Wigs 5s 4d Internal Barbers
Wardrobe (Other) £7 10s 6d Departmental Wardrobe Bill
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £16 Departmental Mr. Thorne for the Scenemen
Properties 8s 9d Departmental Property Bill
Scene Painters £1 6s 8d Internal Mr. Dall Painter 4 Days sallery
Scene Painters £25 Internal Mr Lambert 3 Mos. Sallery due 16th Inst.
Candles (Tallow) £37 12s 6d External By Under Charg'd in the Stoppage for Tallow Candles as [per] Ledger Folio 69 The ledger in question no longer exists; according to Terry Jenkins's suggestions, it would have belonged to Richard Stables, and contained a more exact account of expenditure, including specific payments to tallow chandlers rather than the fixed daily "Stoppage" for tallow candles recorded in this account book. (See Terry Jenkins, 'Two Account Books for Covent Garden Theatre, 1757-58', Theatre Notebook 70/2 (2016), pp. 109-25.) This undercharge thus represents the reconcilement between the stoppage account and the actual payments.
Candles (Tallow) £2 10s External Tallow Candles
Candles (Wax) £1 6s External Wax Candles
Candles (Wax) £22 15s External By Under Charg'd in the Stoppage for Wax Candles as [per] Ledger Folio 69 The ledger in question no longer exists; according to Terry Jenkins's suggestions, it would have belonged to Richard Stables, and contained a more exact account of expenditure, including specific payments to wax chandlers rather than the fixed daily "Stoppage" for wax candles recorded in this account book. (See Terry Jenkins, 'Two Account Books for Covent Garden Theatre, 1757-58', Theatre Notebook 70/2 (2016), pp. 109-25.) This undercharge thus represents the reconcilement between the stoppage account and the actual payments.
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 Renters &ca.
Unknown 14s 8d Unknown Do [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 £386 4s 7d