Saturday 27 March 1773

Plays

Event Type
Benefit
Revenue
£268 5s
Available Revenue
50%
Capacity
103%

Beneficiary(ies)
Frances Abington
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Charge
£65
Additional Charge
Unknown

Notes
Part of Pit laid into Boxes
Send Servants by 4 o'clock

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £98 19s £98 19s £0 £0 £0
Beneficiaries
Tickets Amount Box Pit Gallery Total
Frances Abington £169 6s N/A N/A N/A N/A
Total £268 5s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Employees (Other) £348 5s Internal Four Days Salary at £87: 1s: 3d [per] Diem
Employees (Other) 17s Internal Sups: & K: Drum
Lamplighters £3 4s Internal Lampmen
Mantuamaking £2 Departmental Mants: Do: [Bill]
Tailoring £3 4s 3d Departmental Taylor's Do: [Bill]
Wardrobe Allowances (Performers) £1 Internal Mrs: Abington's Cloaths
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £2 17s Internal 7 const: Sup: & Candn:, & 25 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 £6 16s 10d Departmental Carps: Bill
Scene Painters £6 Internal Mr: Carver, 6 Days
Scene Painters £4 10s Internal Mr: Royè, on Accot:
Candles (Tallow) £24 12s 6d External Tallow Chands: 7th: Bill
Bill Distribution £2 14s Internal Billstickers
Bill Distribution 8s External Handbills
Messengers and Porters 18s Internal J: Stevens
Loans Made (as Creditor) £37 Internal Mr: Davies's Drat: on Manrs: Presumed to be a loan to William Davies, and/or a payment of Davies's personal debts, given that Davies was often in financial difficulties and Drury Lane often loaned him money and covered his debts.
Renters' Shares £8 External Rent
Total £452 6s 7d