Saturday 11 October 1777

Plays

Performances
Richard III, The Quaker
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£250 9s 6d
Available Revenue
100%
Capacity
89%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £250 9s 6d £221 17s £26 5s £2 7s 6d £0
Other Income
Category Amount Notes
Stoppages £4 11s 6d Stopages
Uncategorised £125 To Debt Fund Mr Ricci in full
Uncategorised £50 Ditto [To Debt Fund] Mr Yates on Benf. Acct.
Sub Total £179 11s 6d
Total £430 1s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Actors 10s Internal Miss Field Do. [6 Days not on List]
Actors £2 Internal Mr. Chambers Do. [6 Days not on List]
Employees (Other) £224 7s 9d Internal By 3 Days Saly. at £74. 15s. 11d. Pr. Diem
Employees (Other) £5 10s 6d Internal Sups. & K: Drum 3 Nts.
Employees (Other) £13 6s 6d Internal Certainties
Housekeeping £1 Internal Mr. Hulet Do. [6 Days not on List]
Lamplighters £3 18s Internal Lampmen
Singers £1 5s Internal Mr. Reynoldson 6 Days not on List
Singers £5 5s Internal Chorus 4 Nts. 4th. inclu
Singers £1 Internal Mrs. Sherborne Do. [6 Days not on List] raised
Treasurers £8 6s Internal Treasury Office 2 Weeks not on List
Music Copyists £1 18s 4d Internal Music Bills
Laundry and Dyeing £2 15s Internal Laundress Extra 11 Days.
Mantuamaking £1 4s Departmental Mants. Do. [Bill]
Tailoring £6 7s 11d Departmental Taylor's Do. [Bill]
Wardrobe Allowances (Performers) £10 10s Internal Mrs. Yates 9 Days Cloaths
Wardrobe Allowances (Performers) £6 Internal Mrs Abington Do. [9 Days] Do. [Cloaths]
Wardrobe Allowances (Performers) £7 10s Internal Miss Younge Do. [9 Days] Do. [Cloaths]
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £4 6s 6d Departmental Carps. Bill
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £5 17s Internal 7 Const: Sup & Candn. 54 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".
Scene Painters £70 Internal By Messrs. DeLutherbourg, Royer, T. & S. French 1 Mo. each Paid Octr. 3d. last
Bill Distribution £2 14s Internal Billstickers
Dividends £50 External Const. Divd.
Unknown £7 13s 1d Unknown Mr. Hurst Bill for Edwards Hurst was an actor, but it is unclear who Edwards was, or what was being paid for. Perhaps Drury Lane was paying off one of Hurst's bills, perhaps as an advance against his salary.
Funds and Trusts £270 External Debt Fund Memoranda in the account book show that, up to the point of this payment into the Debt Fund, it had been drawn upon for the following expenses: 9 October 1777, "Mm. from Dt. Fund Mr. Colman for New Brooms", £84 18s 6d. 11 October 1777, "Mm. Pd. from Debt Fund Mr. Novoisielski", £40 18s; "Mm. Pd. from Debt Fund Mr. Dixon", £4 10s.
Renters' Shares £8 External Rent
Total £721 4s 7d