Saturday 21 December 1771

Plays

Event Type
Benefit
Revenue
£180 10s 6d
Available Revenue
49%
Capacity
69%

Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Charge
£84
Additional Charge
Unknown

Notes
For the Benefit of the British Lying In Hospital for Married Women in Brownlow Street Long Acre - Hopkins

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £108 19s 6d £108 19s 6d £0 £0 £0
Beneficiaries
Tickets Amount Box Pit Gallery Total
British Lying In Hospital, Brownlow Street £71 11s N/A N/A N/A N/A
Other Income
Category Amount Notes
Stoppages £10 10s Stopages
Sub Total £10 10s
Total £191 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Actors £3 12s 6d Internal Mrs: Weston, 29 Nts: (20th: incl:) at 2s: 6d P Nt:
Employees (Other) £501 13s 6d Internal Six Days Salary at £83: 12s: 3d [per] Diem
Lamplighters £3 16s Internal Lampmen
Supernumeraries £1 17s Internal Sups:
Mantuamaking £2 6s 4d Departmental Mants: Do: [Bill]
Tailoring £5 19s 6d Departmental Taylor's Do: [Bill]
Wardrobe Allowances (Performers) £2 Internal Mrs: Abington, on Cloaths Accot:
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £5 19s Internal 6 const: Sup: & Candn:, & 77 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 £5 4s 10d Departmental Carps. Bill
Scene Painters £6 Internal Mr: Carver, 6 Days
Scene Painters £1 10s Internal Mr: S: French. 6 Days
Bill Distribution £3 12s Internal Billstickers
Bill Distribution 12s External Handbills
Messengers and Porters 18s Internal J: Stevens
Renters' Shares £8 External Rent
Total £553 8d