Saturday 6 January 1776

Plays

Performances
Matilda, The Jubilee
Event Type
Requested Performance
Revenue
£170 18s 6d
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
61%

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

Notes
Mainpiece By Desire
The Comedy of Twelfth Night oblig'd to be deferred

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £170 18s 6d £170 18s 6d £0 £0 £0
Total £170 18s 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
Supernumeraries £14 13s Internal Supernumrs
Mantuamaking £2 18s 6d Departmental Mantua Maker's Do [bill]
Tailoring £3 8s 3d Departmental Taylors Do [bill]
Wardrobe (Other) £3 Internal Heath &c & Cooper
Wardrobe Allowances (Performers) £2 Internal Mrs Abington
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £12 1s 6d Internal Constant super &c (113) 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 8d Departmental Carpenters bill
Bill Distribution £2 14s Internal Billstickers
Bill Distribution 12s External Handbills
Messengers and Porters 18s Internal Stevens
Renters' Shares £8 External Rent
Total £695 15s 5d