Tuesday 23 December 1766

Plays

Event Type
Benefit, Requested Performance
Revenue
£246 15s 6d
Available Revenue
67%
Capacity
103%

Beneficiary(ies)
Lying In Hospital, Duke St
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
Unknown
Charge
£84
Additional Charge
£1 5s

Notes
For the Benefit of the General Lying In Hospital Quebec Street Oxford Road
By Particular Desire of the Right Honorable and Honorable The Governors
Supplementary charge: Candles £1:5:0

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £90 5s 6d £90 5s 6d £0 £0 £0
Beneficiaries
Tickets Amount Box Pit Gallery Total
Lying In Hospital, Duke St £156 10s 544 116 31 691
Total £246 15s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Tailoring £186 16s Departmental Paid Mr: Blackmore as Pr. bill
Clothing Material (Silk) £151 2s External Paid Mesrs. Belamy & Settree do. [as Pr. bill]
Benefit Payments £136 17s External Paid Mr. Dunstal the balance of the Theatrical Fund 20th: Instant
Clothing Material (Lace) £68 4s External Paid Mr. Scott do. [as Pr. bill] Presumed to be the copper lace man, as he was very frequently paid, and the amount would fit; but Covent Garden occasionally paid (a) Mr Scott(s) for feathers and gilt leather around this time.
Clothing Material (Lace) £57 4s External Paid Mr. Hewetson do. [as Pr. bill]
Clothing Purchase (Legwear) £38 18s External Paid Mr Harris do. [as Pr. bill] Presumed to be the hosier named Harris with whom Covent Garden dealt at this time.
Loans Made (as Creditor) £20 Internal Mrs. Perry Cash advanced
Clothing Purchase (Footwear) £20 3s External Paid Mr. McMillen do. [as Pr. bill]
Watch Rate £12 10s External Paid for 1 Years watch rate for the Theatre due at Xmas
Loans Made (as Creditor) £10 Internal Mr. Stede do. [Cash advanced] BD vol. 14, p. 244 suggests that payments to Stede were "probably a pension" by this point, given his advanced age.
Musicians (Band) £7 4s 10d Internal Music
Wardrobe (Other) £1 9s Departmental Wardrobe
Properties £1 10s Departmental Paid Josh. Besford do. [as Pr. bill]
Properties 7s Departmental Propertys
Watch Rate 12s 6d External Do. [Paid for 1 Years watch rate] for a house in bow St. Passage
Total £712 17s 4d