Saturday 8 November 1777

Plays

Performances
The Beggar's Opera, All the World's a Stage, Hornpipe
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£192 6s 6d
Available Revenue
64%
Capacity
69%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Notes
Mainpiece: Not acted these 3 years
With Accompaniments to the Airs composed by Thomas Linley Sen

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £192 6s 6d £167 2s £24 16s 8s 6d £0
Other Income
Category Amount Notes
Salary adjustments £3 10s Soldiers absent 5 Nights
Stoppages £11 Stops.
Sub Total £14 10s
Total £206 16s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Actors £3 16s 8d Internal Mr. Henderson 23 Days Saly. 3/4 too low pr. Diem
Actors £2 17s 6d Internal Mr. Smith Do. [23 Days Saly.] 2/6 too low per Diem Assumed to be William Smith, the actor, but it may have been a different Smith with a different occupation.
Employees (Other) £517 10s 6d Internal By Six Days Saly. at 86. 5. 1 Pr Diem
Employees (Other) £13 6s 6d Internal P: Cert's
Lamplighters £4 10s Internal Lampmen
Mantuamaking £2 9s 4d Departmental Mants.
Tailoring £4 9s 6d Departmental Taylors
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £10 19s Internal 7 Const. Candn. 98 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".
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £1 14s 6d Departmental Carps. Bill
Bill Distribution £2 14s Internal Billstickers
Dividends £100 External Const. Divd.
Funds and Trusts £250 External D: 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: 7 November 1777, "D. F. Mr. Wallis's Debt", £500; "Do: [Mr. Wallis's] Intt. 6 Mo: 20 Days", £13 17s 6d.
Renters' Shares £8 External Rent
Total £922 7s 6d