Saturday 31 January 1767

Plays

Event Type
Requested Performance
Revenue
£173 16s 6d
Available Revenue
43%
Capacity
67%

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

Notes
Mainpiece By Particular Desire
The Prologue was spoken by Bensley; the Epilogue by Mrs Yates

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £173 16s 6d £173 16s 6d £0 £0 £0
Other Income
Category Amount Notes
Loan repayments £70 Recd of Mr John Palmer in part of his Bond
Sub Total £70
Total £243 16s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Employees (Other) £367 13s 4d Internal To five days Salary @ 73. 10. 8 Pr day
House Servants (Other) 18s Internal Page
Lamplighters £2 6s Internal Lampmen
Supernumeraries 11s Internal Supernumrs
Musicians (Kettle Drums) 5s Internal K Drum
Mantuamaking £1 9s 3d Departmental Mantua Maker's do [bill]
Tailoring £3 8s 1d Departmental Taylor's Do [bill]
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £8 1s Internal Constant, Candleman (126) Extra John Powel explains this recurrent DL payment in Tit for Tat (Houghton THE GEN TS 1574.316), p. 34, referring specifically to the 1747-49 seasons: "Four constant Supernumerary Scene-men to assist the Scene-men belonging to the House, and a Candle-Man, that see's all the Candles put out after the Play is over, at One Shilling each ... There are sometimes extraordinary Supernumerary Scene-men made use of in Plays to help at the Traps &c. such as Richard 3rd. Mackbeth, the Tempest &c. which have a Shilling each". Because the candleman was only a small part of the bundle, and was apparently considered to be close enough to the scenemen to be grouped with them, these payments have been categorised as "Carpentry and Sceneshifting".
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £2 9s 10d Departmental Carpenter's bill
Bill Distribution £2 14s Internal Billsticker's
Bill Distribution 10s External Handbills
Renters' Shares £8 External Rent
Total £398 5s 6d