Saturday 27 February 1773

Plays

Performances
Alonzo, The Anatomist; or, The Sham Doctor
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£237 11s 6d
Available Revenue
60%
Capacity
91%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Notes
New Scenes, Dresses, and Decorations
This Tragedy written by Mr Hume was receiv'd with very great Applause Indeed Mrs Barry Seemd inspird She never Appeard to moor Advantage uncommon Applause - Hopkins

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £237 11s 6d £237 11s 6d £0 £0 £0
Total £237 11s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Employees (Other) £348 5s Internal Four Days Salary at £87: 1s: 3d [per] Diem
Lamplighters £3 4s Internal Lampmen
Supernumeraries £2 11s Internal Sup: Soldiers Because the extra soldiers paid around this time seem to have been related to "Practices" (see payments of 29 and 31 October 1771), they have been interpreted here as onstage soliders (i.e. supernumeraries), rather than as genuine security personnel.
Musical Services and Supplies (Other) £70 Internal Mr: Dibdin's Do: [Drat:]
Clothing Purchase (Other) £12 External Mr: Racket, for Woms: Cloaths
Mantuamaking £2 19s 6d Departmental Mants: Do: [Bill]
Tailoring £11 10s 5d Departmental Taylor's Do: [Bill]
Wardrobe Allowances (Performers) £1 Internal Mrs: Abington's Cloaths
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £5 2s Internal 7 const: Sup: & Candn:, & 70 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 £7 10s 4d Departmental Carps: Bill
Scene Painters £6 Internal Mr: Carver, 6 Days
Scene Painters £4 10s Internal Mr: Royè, on Accot:
Candles (Tallow) £44 14s External Tallow Chands: 6th: Bill
Bill Distribution £2 14s Internal Billstickers
Bill Distribution 8s External Handbills
Messengers and Porters 18s Internal J: Stevens
Loans Made (as Creditor) £10 10s Internal Mr: Reddish's Drat: Due to Reddish's financial difficulties and need for credit, this payment has been assumed to be a loan to Reddish against his salary.
Renters' Shares £8 External Rent
Total £541 16s 3d