Saturday 8 October 1774

Plays

Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£248 19s
Available Revenue
100%
Capacity
96%

Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A

Notes
Mr Lacy a Proprietor of this Theatre made his first appearance upon the Stage in the part of Alexander He is very Tall Thin a good Voice but His Fright took away from its power he was reced with Applause Mr Garrick wrote a New Occasional Prologue to introduce him which was Spoken by Mr King reced with great Applause - Hopkins

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £248 19s £248 19s £0 £0 £0
Total £248 19s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Actors £2 Internal Mr: King's Ext: Saly:
Employees (Other) £365 15s 4d Internal Four Days Salary at £91: 8s: 10d [per] Diem
Employees (Other) £6 10s Internal Sups: & K: Drum
Lamplighters £2 12s Internal Lampmen
Mantuamaking £3 19s 6d Departmental Mants: Do: [Bill]
Tailoring £7 12s 1d Departmental Taylor's Do: [Bill]
Wardrobe Allowances (Performers) £1 Internal Mrs: Abington's Cloaths
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £9 16s 6d Internal 7 const: Sup: & Candn: & 99 Extra, at 1s: 6d 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 19s Departmental Carps: Bill
Scene Painters £14 2s Internal Painters Sals:
Scene Painters £10 10s Internal Mr: J: French, on Accot:
Bill Distribution £2 14s Internal Billstickers
Bill Distribution 8s External Handbills
Messengers and Porters 18s Internal J: Stevens
Renters' Shares £8 External Rent
Total £446 16s 5d