Saturday 16 December 1775

Plays

Event Type
Benefit
Revenue
£96 10s 6d
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
N/A

Beneficiary(ies)
Middlesex Hospital
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Charge
£84
Additional Charge
Unknown

Notes
Benefit: of the Middlesex Hospital

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £96 10s 6d £96 10s 6d £0 £0 £0
Beneficiaries
Tickets Amount Box Pit Gallery Total
Middlesex Hospital £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Total £96 10s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Actors £3 Internal King
Employees (Other) £630 1s 6d Internal To six days Salary @ 105. 0. 3 Pr day
Lamplighters £4 8s Internal Lampmen
Treasurers £3 Internal Mr Westley
Mantuamaking £3 18s 3d Departmental Mantua Makers Do [bill]
Tailoring £6 4s 7d Departmental Taylor's Do [bill]
Wardrobe (Other) £3 Internal Heath & Wife & Cooper
Wardrobe Allowances (Performers) £2 Internal Abington
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £12 13s 6d Internal Constant, super &c (121) 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 £12 12s 3d Departmental Carpenter's bill
Scene Painters £7 16s Internal Painters bill
Scene Painters £5 5s Internal Mr French on Acct
Bill Distribution £2 14s Internal Billstickers
Bill Distribution 12s External Handbills
Messengers and Porters 18s Internal Stevens
Renters' Shares £8 External Rent
Total £706 3s 1d