Thursday 29 May 1777

Plays

Performances
A Word to the Wise, The Deuce is in Him, Diana's Chase
Event Type
Benefit
Revenue
£109 17s
Available Revenue
32%
Capacity
38%
Beneficiary(ies)
Hugh Kelly
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Charge
£52
Additional Charge
Unknown
Notes
Extra night Benefit: the Widow and Children of the late Hugh Kelly
Tickets delivered for a Comedy May 28th will be admitted
Tickets to be had of Mrs Kelly, No. 3 Racquet Court, Fleet Street

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £53 2s £52 1s £0 £1 1s £0
Beneficiaries
Tickets Amount Box Pit Gallery Total
Hugh Kelly £56 15s 227 0 0 227
Other Income
Category Amount Notes
Ticket money £14 7s 6d Rec'd of Mr Cushing for his 1/2 Value of Tickets Do. [last Season]
Ticket money £12 8s 6d Rec'd of Mr Patterson for his Do. [1/2 Value of Tickets] Do. [last Season]
Ticket money £128 8s 6d Rec'd for Do. [1/2 Value Tickets] the 23d: Do: [Instant]
Shares income £12 1s 8d Rec'd Assurance on 50 Renters Old Shares 4s6d ea
Shares income £6 5s Rec'd Do. [Assurance] on 50 Do. [Renters] New Do. [Shares] at 2.6 ea
Loan repayments £20 Mr Wewitzer for Cash Advanced last Season
Sub Total £193 11s 2d
Total £303 8s 2d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Housekeeping £2 12s Departmental Paid Mrs: Carne for Incidents, as Pr: Do: [Bill] Covent Garden's payments to Elizabeth Carne, and the description of her in BD vol. 3, p. 76, show her to have been a housekeeper, even if BD does not so name her.
Singers £3 5s Internal Chorus Singers 2 Nts: to Do. [this day]
Instrument Purchases and Repairs £15 15s External Paid Mr: Plenius for tuneing the Harpsychord, as Pr: Do: [Bill]
Musicians (Band) £7 2d Internal Music the 26th: Instant
Musicians (Band) £6 13s 6d Internal Music this Night
Clothing Material (Fur) £2 3s External Paid Mr: Debosch Furrier, as Pr: Do: [Bill]
Clothing Purchase (Legwear) £10 13s External Paid Mr: Scarr Hosier, as Pr: Do: [Bill]
Clothing Purchase (Other) £72 External Paid Mr: Whitfield for Cloaths Bot: as Pr: Bill
Laundry and Dyeing £2 18s External Paid Mr: Carpue Silk Dyer, as Pr: Do: [Bill]
Dressers £7 6s Internal Extra Men Dressers & for the Stage Do: [2 Weeks] to Do: [this day]
Tailoring £9 Departmental Paid Mr: Whitfield for making Cloaths, as Pr: Do: [Bill]
Wardrobe (Other) £10 6s Departmental Wardrobe 2 Weeks to this day
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £27 3s 6d Departmental Paid Mr: Mountford for Scene Men, as Pr: Bill
Properties 19s Departmental Properties Do. [the 26th: Instant]
Properties 3s 6d Departmental Properties Do. [this Night]
Weaponry £1 10s External Paid Mr: Bibb Sword Cutler, as Pr: Do: [Bill]
Construction £47 9s External Paid Mr: Leverton Bricklayer, as Pr: Do: [Bill]
Benefit Payments £105 Internal Deduct paid Mrs: Green in lieu of a Benefit this Season Deduction from this day's receipts.
Renters' Shares £10 External Paid Mr: Garton the Renters Money
Total £341 16s 8d