Saturday 3 February 1776

Plays

Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£197 2s 6d
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
70%

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

Notes
The farce went off very well till the second act when Capt Roper and another Gentleman came into the boxes very Drunk hiss'd and kept a great Noise till at last the Pit and Gallery began to hiss them he struck at Somebody in the Pit the Gentleman that came with Capt Roper Jumpd out of the Stage Box upon the Stage immediately Several out of the Pit and Boxes followd and Some blows ensued and I thought they would have pulld the House down this lasted about half and hour and then it all grew quiet and we finished the Farce - Hopkins

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £197 2s 6d £197 2s 6d £0 £0 £0
Total £197 2s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Actors £2 10s Internal King
Employees (Other) £520 5s 5d Internal To 5 days Salary @ 104. 1. 1 pr day
Lamplighters £4 8s Internal Lampmen
Supernumeraries £1 19s 6d Internal Supernumrs
Mantuamaking £3 14s 6d Departmental Mantua Makers Do [bill]
Tailoring £5 19s 9d Departmental Taylor's Do [bill]
Wardrobe (Other) £3 Internal Heath, Wife & Cooper
Wardrobe Allowances (Performers) £2 Internal Mrs Abington
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £6 1s 6d Internal Constant, super &c (41) 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 7s 5d Departmental Carpenters bill
Bill Distribution £2 14s Internal Billstickers
Bill Distribution 10s External Handbills
Messengers and Porters 18s Internal Stevens
Miscellaneous £7 8s 6d External Mr Garrick for sundry Stage Trimmings
Renters' Shares £8 External Rent
Total £577 16s 7d