Saturday 23 March 1776

Plays

Event Type
Benefit
Revenue
£140
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
N/A

Beneficiary(ies)
Samuel Reddish
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Charge
£67
Additional Charge
Unknown

Notes
Mainpiece: Not acted in 4 years
Monimia by Mrs Canning very So so The Farce much hiss'd it was badly performed - Hopkins

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £140 £140 £0 £0 £0
Beneficiaries
Tickets Amount Box Pit Gallery Total
Samuel Reddish £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Other Income
Category Amount Notes
Rent £3 Mrs Growth one years Rent to Xmas last
Sub Total £3
Total £143

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Actors £2 Internal King
Employees (Other) £416 4s 4d Internal To 4 days Salary @ 104. 1. 1 Pr day
Lamplighters £4 8s Internal Lampmen
Supernumeraries £3 1s Internal Supernumrs.
Music Copyists £24 2s Internal Johnson's Music bills
Mantuamaking £2 Departmental Mantua Maker's Do [bill]
Tailoring £3 7s 3d Departmental Taylor's Do [bill]
Wardrobe (Other) £3 Internal Heath & Cooper
Wardrobe Allowances (Performers) £1 Internal Mrs Abington
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £5 3s 6d Internal Constant, super, &c (37) 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 £3 8s 6d Departmental Carpenter's bill
Bill Distribution £2 14s Internal Billstickers
Bill Distribution 8s External Handbills
Messengers and Porters 18s Internal Stevens
Renters' Shares £8 External Rent
Total £479 14s 7d