Saturday 9 November 1776

Plays

Performances
The Fair Quaker of Deal; or, The Humours of the Navy, A Christmas Tale, Dance of Sailors, Rule Britannia
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£146 1s
Available Revenue
34%
Capacity
52%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Notes
Mainpiece: with a Medley Overture of favourite Sea Tunes
Old City Manners advertised on playbill of 8 Nov is obliged to be deferred on account of Palmer's Illness

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £146 1s £146 1s £0 £0 £0
Total £146 1s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Actors £2 10s Internal Mr Kings extra
Actors 10s Internal Field
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers 4s 6d Internal Mr Gibson 3 days not on List BD vol. 6, p. 180 lists a Richard Gibson, boxkeeper, who was paid 12s. per week "as early as 1776-77". That would mean a three-day salary of 6s., rather than (as here) 4s. 6d., so the identification may be incorrect. But salaries could fluctuate, BD can err, and there are no other obvious candidates for identifying this recipient.
Employees (Other) £484 10s 5d Internal To 5 days Salary @ 96. 18[.] 1
Lamplighters £5 2s Internal Lampmen
Singers £3 15s Internal 3 Chorus Singers bill
Music Copyists £1 6s 6d Internal Daglish
Music Copyists £1 4s 6d Internal Music bill
Mantuamaking £14 18s 8d Departmental Mantua Maker's Do [bill]
Tailoring £13 7s 6d Departmental Taylor's Do [bill]
Wardrobe (Other) £3 Internal Heath &c & Cooper
Wardrobe Allowances (Performers) £4 3s 4d Internal Miss young's Cloaths
Wardrobe Allowances (Performers) £5 Internal Mrs Baddeleys Do [Cloaths] In the 1776-77 season Drury Lane paid Sophia Baddeley a wardrobe allowance and benefit substitute, often in the form of a weekly lump sum. Sometimes, as here, the theatre paid her a weekly sum without mentioning both the wardrobe allowance and the benefit; on these occasions she may nevertheless have been paid both, but the payment has here been categorised purely by reference to what is mentioned in the record.
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £10 9s 1d Departmental Carpenter's bill
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £18 18s Internal 7 Constant Super &c (212) 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".
Bill Distribution 12s External Handbills
Bill Distribution £2 14s Internal Billstickers
Messengers and Porters 18s Internal Stevens
Renters' Shares £8 External Rent
Total £581 3s 6d