Saturday 16 November 1776

Plays

Performances
The Roman Father, A Christmas Tale
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£145 2s 6d
Available Revenue
36%
Capacity
52%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Notes
Mainpiece: Not acted these 10 years
In it will be introduced a Grand Triumphal Entry of Publiusv with the original Music composed by Boyce
This is the first Time that Mrs Yates played since the Paper Quarrel between the Managers and her
Before the Play began Mrs Yates went on and made the following apology Ladies and Gentlemen I hope what has been already published has been sufficient to satisfy the Publick that I did not intend to affront or insult them I have only to add that it ever has been and ever shall be my Study and Endeavour to please that Publick from whom I have received so many Favours The Audience applauded and the Play went on Mrs Yates played finely and had great applause - Hopkins

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £145 2s 6d £145 2s 6d £0 £0 £0
Total £145 2s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Actors £3 Internal Mr King extra
Actors 10s Internal Field
Dancers £30 Internal Madm. Rici on Acct
Employees (Other) £581 17s 6d Internal To six days Salary @ 96. 19. 7 Pr. day
Lamplighters £5 2s Internal Lampmen
Music Copyists £4 6s Internal Daglish & Musicbills
Dressers £1 4s Internal Mrs Stagledior 16 days not on List
Mantuamaking £10 12s 2d Departmental Mantua Maker's Do [bill]
Tailoring £10 11s 1d Departmental Taylor's Do [bill]
Wardrobe (Other) £3 Internal Heath & Cooper
Wardrobe Allowances (Performers) £5 Internal Miss young's Cloathes
Wardrobe Allowances (Performers) £6 Internal Mrs Baddeley Do [Cloathes] 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.
Wardrobe Allowances (Performers) £24 Internal Mrs Abington for Cloaths
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £20 18s 6d Internal 7 Constant, super, &c (231) 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 £9 6s 9d Departmental Carpenter's bill
Bill Distribution 12s External Handbills
Bill Distribution £2 14s Internal Billstickers
Messengers and Porters 18s Internal Stevens
Renters' Shares £8 External Rent
Total £727 12s