Saturday 15 November 1777

Plays

Performances
The School for Scandal, All the World's a Stage
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£258 9s
Available Revenue
60%
Capacity
92%
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 £258 9s £246 4s £11 4s 6d £1 6d £0
Other Income
Category Amount Notes
Stoppages £11 6s Stopages
Sub Total £11 6s
Total £269 15s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Actors £9 Internal Mr. Webster 1 Wk. not on List
Dancers £2 18s Internal Miss Medlicot from opening 29 Days
Employees (Other) £13 6s 6d Internal Pet. Certs.
Employees (Other) £528 1s 6d Internal By 6. Days Saly. at 88. -. 3 Pr. Diem
Lamplighters £2 14s Internal Lampmen
Singers £4 10s Internal Chorus 3 Nts. Octr. 30th. (inlcu)
Music Copyists 8s 6d Internal Music Bill
Musicians (Kettle Drums) £2 10s Internal Kettle Drum 10 Nts. 14th. (inclu)
Dressers £2 3s 6d Internal Mrs. Brown Do. [from opening] Do. [29 Days]
Mantuamaking £1 2s 6d Departmental Mants.
Tailoring £5 8s Departmental Taylor's
Wardrobe (Other) £2 8s 4d Internal Mrs. Rowbotham Do. [from opening] Do. [29 Days] Mrs Rowbotham seems to have worked in the wardrobe, perhaps in making and/or repairing clothes. See BD vol. 13, pp. 119-20.
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £1 14s 6d Departmental Carps. Bill
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £15 9s Internal 7 Const. Candn: & 158 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 £4 10s Internal Billstickers
Dividends £100 External Const. Divd.
Funds and Trusts £200 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 expense: 11 November 1777, "D: Fund Mr. Chettell Timber Mercht. in full to May 5th. last", £286 13s.
Renters' Shares £8 External Rent
Total £904 4s 4d