Monday 23 October 1775

Plays

Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£183 3s
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
65%

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

Notes
Hamlet Smith as usual - Hopkins

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £183 3s £183 3s £0 £0 £0
Total £183 3s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Housekeeping £50 7s 10d Departmental Housekeepers 4 bills Drury Lane normally in 1775-81, and sometimes in 1781-1802, included its properties bills (and perhaps some painters’ bills) in its housekeepers' bills, without distinguishing the amount paid on each. The relevant payments have been categorised “Housekeeping”, because the properties and painters evidently fell in the housekeepers’ remit in such cases, in both conceptual and practical terms. But note that properties and scene painters (if such they were) belong rather in “Properties, Scenes and Machines”.
Supernumeraries £1 9s 6d Internal Supernumrs
Musical Services and Supplies (Other) £6 18s Unknown Music books to Mr Stayner BD vol. 14, p. 243 states that Daniel Stayner was leader of the DL band in 1775, and suggests this payment may have been for music copying. Yet the phrase "Music books" would have been unusual in that context, and rather suggests sheet music bought from an external source.
Watch Rate £32 9s 6d External Half years Watch St Martins
Renters' Shares £8 External To Rent
Total £99 4s 10d