Saturday 24 February 1776

Plays

Performances
The Tragedy of Jane Shore, The Jubilee
Event Type
Requested Performance
Revenue
£212 14s
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
76%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
Unknown
Notes
Mainpiece By Particular Desire
The Spleen or Islington Spa was not acted tonight. The Jubilee was perform'd instead of it. The Spleen, tho advertised, was deferred on account of King's illness

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £212 14s £212 14s £0 £0 £0
Total £212 14s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Employees (Other) £416 4s 4d Internal To 4 days Salary @ 104. 1. 1 Pr day
Employees (Other) £6 Internal Mr King. Abington Heath &c & Cooper
Housekeeping £13 8s 7d Departmental Housekeepers bill Drury Lane normally in 1775-81, and sometimes in 1781-1802, included its properties bills (and perhaps some painters’ bills) in its housekeepers' bills, without distinguishing the amount paid on each. The relevant payments have been categorised “Housekeeping”, because the properties and painters evidently fell in the housekeepers’ remit in such cases, in both conceptual and practical terms. But note that properties and scene painters (if such they were) belong rather in “Properties, Scenes and Machines”.
Lamplighters £4 8s Internal Lampmen
Singers £4 5s Internal Mr Short for attending Jubilee 17 Nights
Supernumeraries £14 12s 6d Internal Supernumrs
Mantuamaking £2 Departmental Mantua Maker's Do [bill]
Tailoring £5 1s Departmental Taylors Do [bill]
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £6 6s Internal Constant, super, &c (52) 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 £6 10s 7d Departmental Carpenter's bill
Bill Distribution £3 3s Internal Billsticker's
Bill Distribution 8s External Handbills
Messengers and Porters 18s Internal Stevens
Renters' Shares £8 External Rent
Total £491 5s