Saturday 10 January 1778

Plays

Performances
The Runaway, Queen Mab
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£132 4s 6d
Available Revenue
42%
Capacity
47%

Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A

Notes
Comus advertised on playbill of 9 Jan is obliged to be deferred on account of Mrs Wrighten's hoarseness

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £132 4s 6d £99 9s £31 14s 6d £1 1s £0
Other Income
Category Amount Notes
Stoppages £8 16s 6d Stopages
Sub Total £8 16s 6d
Total £141 1s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Employees (Other) £530 6s 6d Internal By Six Days Saly. at 88. 7. 9.
Employees (Other) £13 6s 6d Internal Certs.
Lamplighters £4 10s Internal Lampmen
Singers £8 10s Internal Webb for Chorus to 7th. Inst. 5 Days 2 Bills
Music Copyists 3s 6d Internal Daglish Music Bill
Musicians (Kettle Drums) £1 10s Internal Neilson K: Drum to 9th. inclus:
Mantuamaking 10s 4d Departmental Mants. Do [Bill]
Tailoring £3 10s 9d Departmental Taylors Bill
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £15 19s 6d Internal 7 Const. Sup. Candn. & Extra 165 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 £2 2d Departmental Carps. Bill
Bill Distribution £2 14s Internal Billstickers
Dividends £266 13s 4d External Const. Divd.
Funds and Trusts £150 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: 12 December 1777, "D. F. Chapman for Copr. Tickets", £77 5s; 19 December 1777, "D.F. Mr. Ireland Upholder", £34 10s 6d.
Renters' Shares £8 External Rent
Total £1,007 14s 7d