Saturday 25 November 1775

Plays

Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£191 5s
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
68%

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

Notes
Places for Boxes to be taken of Fosbrooke at the Stage Door

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £191 5s £191 5s £0 £0 £0
Total £191 5s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Actors 13s 4d Internal Miss Robins in full of £16
Actors £3 Internal Mr Kings extra
Employees (Other) £626 16s 6d Internal To six days Salary @ 104. 9. 5 Pr day
Lamplighters £4 8s Internal Lampmen
Supernumeraries £1 19s Internal Supernumrs
Mantuamaking £2 9s Departmental Mantua Maker's Do [bill]
Tailoring £8 3s 1d Departmental Taylor's Do [bill]
Wardrobe (Other) £2 Internal Heath & Wife
Wardrobe Allowances (Performers) £2 Internal Mrs Abington's Cloathes
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £9 17s 5d Departmental Carpenter's bill
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £14 12s 6d Internal Constants, super &c (147) 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".
Scene Painters £7 16s Internal Painter's bill
Scene Painters £12 12s Internal Mr J French on Acct
Bill Distribution 12s External Handbills
Bill Distribution £2 14s Internal Billstickers
Messengers and Porters 18s Internal J Stevens
Renters' Shares £8 External Rent
Total £708 10s 10d