Saturday 9 May 1772

Plays

Event Type
Benefit
Revenue
£288 11s
Available Revenue
65%
Capacity
111%

Beneficiary(ies)
Mary Baker
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Charge
£64
Additional Charge
Unknown

Notes
Pit and Boxes laid together
Mrs King being to Quit the Stage at the end of this Season Mr G kindly play'd for her Benefit great Applause - Hopkins

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £105 16s £105 16s £0 £0 £0
Beneficiaries
Tickets Amount Box Pit Gallery Total
Mary Baker £182 15s N/A N/A N/A N/A
Total £288 11s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Employees (Other) £494 18s 6d Internal Six Days Salary at £82: 9s: 9d [per] Diem
Lamplighters £3 4s Internal Lampmen
Mantuamaking £2 Departmental Mants: Do: [Bill]
Tailoring £3 16s 4d Departmental Taylor's Do: [Bill]
Wardrobe Allowances (Performers) £2 Internal Mrs: Abington, on Cloaths Accot:
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £4 Internal 6 const: Sup: & Candn: & 38 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 £1 12s 6d Departmental Carps: Bill
Scene Painters £6 Internal Mr: Carver, 6 Days
Scene Painters £1 10s Internal Mr: S: French, 6 Do: [Days]
Bill Distribution £2 14s Internal Billstickers
Bill Distribution 12s External Handbills
Messengers and Porters 18s Internal J: Stevens
Renters' Shares £8 External Rent
Total £531 5s 4d