Saturday 2 December 1775

Plays

Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£145 13s
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
52%

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

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £145 13s £145 13s £0 £0 £0
Total £145 13s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Actors £3 Internal Mr King's extra Sal
Employees (Other) £623 6s 6d Internal To six days Salary @ 103. 17. 9 Pr day
Lamplighters £4 8s Internal Lampmen
Supernumeraries £1 11s 6d Internal Supernumrs
Mantuamaking £2 13s 5d Departmental Mantua Maker's Do [bill]
Tailoring £4 12s 6d Departmental Taylor's Do [bill]
Wardrobe (Other) £3 Internal Heath & Wife & Mrs Cooper
Wardrobe Allowances (Performers) £2 Internal Mrs Abington's Cloathes
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £9 3s Internal Constant super, &c (74) 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 £9 18s 10d Departmental Carpenter's bill
Scene Painters £7 16s Internal Painter's bill
Scene Painters £8 8s Internal J French on Acct
Bill Distribution £2 14s Internal Billsticker's
Bill Distribution 12s External Handbills
Messengers and Porters 18s Internal J Stevens
Renters' Shares £8 External Rent
Total £692 1s 9d