Saturday 10 February 1776

Plays

Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£163 7s
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
58%

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 £163 7s £163 7s £0 £0 £0
Total £163 7s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Actors £3 Internal Mr King
Employees (Other) £624 6s 6d Internal To six days Salary @ 104. 1. 1 Pr day
Lamplighters £4 8s Internal Lampmen
Singers £30 Internal Abrahams Jew
Supernumeraries £2 1s 6d Internal Supernumrs.
Mantuamaking £5 8s 11d Departmental Mantua Maker's Do [bill]
Tailoring £4 13s 4d Departmental Taylor's Do [bill]
Wardrobe (Other) £3 Internal Heath Wife & Cooper
Wardrobe Allowances (Performers) £2 Internal Mrs Abington
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £8 8s Internal Constant, super, &c (64) 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 £5 18s 1d Departmental Carpenter's bill
Bill Distribution £2 14s Internal Billstickers
Bill Distribution 12s External Handbills
Messengers and Porters 18s Internal Stevens
Renters' Shares £8 External Rent
Total £705 8s 4d