Saturday 21 January 1775

Plays

Performances
Matilda, The Cobbler; or, A Wife of Ten Thousand
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£225 2s 6d
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
87%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Notes
Mainpiece: With New Scenes and Dresses
This Tragedy was Written by Dr Franklyn very heavy Was pretty well receiv'd had Considerable Applause - Hopkins

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £225 2s 6d £225 2s 6d £0 £0 £0
Other Income
Category Amount Notes
Stoppages £15 10s Stopages
Sub Total £15 10s
Total £240 12s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Actors £3 Internal Mr: King's Ext: Saly:
Actors £5 5s Internal Mr: Blanchard, [per] Mr: Becket Probably the actor, Thomas Blanchard, either on his own account only or on that of both him and his son (also called Thomas). Probably not the tallow chandler, Mr Blanchard, to whom a payment was recorded in the following season's account book.
Employees (Other) £567 11s Internal Six Days Salary at £94: 11s: 10d [per] Diem
Employees (Other) £1 13s Internal Sups: & K: Drum
Lamplighters £4 8s Internal Lampmen
Mantuamaking £3 5s 7d Departmental Mants: Do: [Bill]
Tailoring £11 11s 1d Departmental Taylor's Do: [Bill]
Wardrobe Allowances (Performers) £2 Internal Mrs: Abington's Cloaths
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £10 17s 6d Internal 7 const: Sup: & Candn:, & 97 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 £8 7s Departmental Carps: Bill, & P. Butler's Graty:
Scene Painters £7 19s Internal Painters Bill
Scene Painters £20 Internal Mr: J: French, on Acct:
Bill Distribution £2 14s Internal Billstickers
Bill Distribution 12s External Handbills
Messengers and Porters 18s Internal J: Stevens
Renters' Shares £4 External Rent
Total £654 1s 2d