Saturday 25 October 1777

Plays

Performances
The School for Scandal, The Quaker
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£259 3s
Available Revenue
100%
Capacity
93%
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 £259 3s £234 9s £23 2s 6d £1 11s 6d £0
Other Income
Category Amount Notes
Stoppages £6 17s 6d Stopages
Sub Total £6 17s 6d
Total £266 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Actors £5 5s Internal Mrs. Simson on Acct.
Actors £1 10s Internal Mr. Baddeley Stops returned
Actors £1 1s 8d Internal Mr Wrighten 13 Days raised
Employees (Other) £428 2s 1d Internal By 5 Days Saly. at 85. 12. 5. pr. Diem
Employees (Other) £13 6s 6d Internal Certs.
Housekeeping £6 17s Departmental The Housekeeps. Bill Drury Lane normally in 1775-81, and sometimes in 1781-1802, included its properties bills (and perhaps some painters’ bills) in its housekeepers' bills, without distinguishing the amount paid on each. The relevant payments have been categorised “Housekeeping”, because the properties and painters evidently fell in the housekeepers’ remit in such cases, in both conceptual and practical terms. But note that properties and scene painters (if such they were) belong rather in “Properties, Scenes and Machines”.
Lamplighters £4 2s Internal Lampmen
Supernumeraries £4 6s 6d Internal Sups. 5 Days 23d inclu)
Music Copyists 2s 6d Internal 3 Days Music Bill "3 Days" written for preceding entry but applying to this one too.
Musicians (Kettle Drums) 15s Internal 3 Days Kettle Drum
Clothing Purchase (Other) £1 6s External Mr. Edwards Cloathing 2 Bills
Mantuamaking £1 7s 4d Departmental Mants. Do. [Bill]
Tailoring £4 11s Departmental Taylors Do. [Bill]
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £2 11s 10d Departmental Carps. Bill
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £7 11s 6d Internal 7 Const: Candn. & 61 Ext 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 £2 14s Internal Billstickers
Dividends £83 6s 8d External Const. Divd.
Funds and Trusts £450 External Debt Fund Memoranda in the account book show that, between the previous payment into the Debt Fund and this one, it had been drawn upon for the following expenses: 24 October 1777, "Debt Fund. Norfolk, Glazier", £3 14s 6d; "Thompson, Smith", £3; "Williams & Sons, Button", £20 19s 6d; "Waller & Co. Hosiers", £14 18s; "Gardner, Shoe Mr.", £22 18s 6d; "Smith & Co. Coal Merchts.", £82 8s; "Carpue, Silk Dyer", £23 14s; "Carter, Scowerer", £2 2s 4d; "Blakes, Hatter", £7 16s; "Jennings, Furrier & Glover", £19 9s. 25 October 1777, "D. F. Dr. Fords Draft", £110 4s; "D. F. Delater 2 Weeks last Season", £1 16s.
Renters' Shares £8 External Rent
Total £1,026 16s 7d