Saturday 18 December 1773

Plays

Event Type
Benefit, Requested Performance
Revenue
£250 4s
Available Revenue
54%
Capacity
96%

Beneficiary(ies)
Charity School
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
Unknown
Charge
£84
Additional Charge
Unknown

Notes
Afterpiece By Desire
Towards Supporting a Charity School for the Education of Children belonging to the Society of Ancient Britons - Hopkins

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £102 7s £102 7s £0 £0 £0
Beneficiaries
Tickets Amount Box Pit Gallery Total
Charity School £147 17s N/A N/A N/A N/A
Total £250 4s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Actors £3 Internal Mr: King's Ext: Saly:
Employees (Other) £530 2s Internal Six Days Salary at £88: 7s: d [per] Diem
Lamplighters £3 4s Internal Lampmen
Musical Services and Supplies (Other) £50 Internal Mr: Dibdin's Drat:
Mantuamaking £5 2s Departmental Mants: Do: [Bill]
Tailoring £7 10s 10d Departmental Taylor's Do: [Bill]
Wardrobe Allowances (Performers) £2 Internal Mrs: Abington's Cloaths
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £5 3s Internal 7 const: Sup: & Candn:, & 55 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 £10 4s 6d Departmental Carps: Bill
Scene Painters £2 Internal Mr: Carver, 2 Days
Scene Painters £5 5s Internal Mr: Royè
Bill Distribution £3 3s Internal Billstickers
Bill Distribution 12s External Handbills
Messengers and Porters 18s Internal J: Stevens
Renters' Shares £8 External Rent
Total £636 4s 4d