Saturday 13 January 1776

Plays

Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£192 11s
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
69%

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

Notes
Mainpiece: Not acted these 20 years
Characters New Dressed in the Habits of the Times
This play is Alter'd by Mr Colman and receiv'd with Some Applause but it dont seem to hit the present Taste a few hisses at the End - Hopkins

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £192 11s £192 11s £0 £0 £0
Total £192 11s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Actors £3 Internal King
Employees (Other) £630 1s 6d Internal To six days Salary @ Pr day A space left before "Pr day" for a monetary amount that was never supplied.
Lamplighters £4 8s Internal Lampmen
Supernumeraries £15 19s Internal Supernumrs.
Mantuamaking £3 10s 2d Departmental Mantua Makers Do [bill]
Tailoring £7 9s 6d Departmental Taylor's Do [bill]
Wardrobe (Other) £3 Internal Heath & Cooper
Wardrobe Allowances (Performers) £2 Internal Mrs Abington
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £11 14s Internal Constant super &c (108) 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 £7 17s 9d Departmental Carpenter's bill
Glass £3 17s 6d External King Glass bill [?]
Bill Distribution £2 14s Internal Billstickers
Bill Distribution 12s External Handbills
Messengers and Porters 18s Internal Stevens
Unknown £2 2s Unknown Widow Hunter "Widow Hunter" was paid six times between 4 February 1767 and 13 January 1776, always for £2 2s, with the payment often described as "as usual". Perhaps these payments were charitable donations.
Renters' Shares £8 External Rent
Total £707 3s 5d