Saturday 17 January 1778

Plays

Performances
Cymon, The Deuce is in Him, Dance of Cupids, Overture, Dance of Daemons, Grand Ballet
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£226 6s 6d
Available Revenue
52%
Capacity
81%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Notes
Mainpiece: With a Grand Procession of the different Orders of the Knights of Chivalry. This was included in all subsequent performances
With new Dresses and the Scenery entirely new painted
Miss Simson is identified by MS annotation on Kemble playbill

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £226 6s 6d £204 10s £21 12s 4s 6d £0
Other Income
Category Amount Notes
Stoppages £12 6s 8d Stopages
Sub Total £12 6s 8d
Total £238 13s 2d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Employees (Other) £530 6s 6d Internal Six Days Saly. at pr. Diem 88. 7. 9
Employees (Other) £13 16s 6d Internal Certs.
Lamplighters £4 10s Internal Lampmen
Mantuamaking £2 19s 2d Departmental Mants. Do [Bill]
Tailoring £12 17s 3d Departmental Taylor's Do. [Bill]
Wardrobe (Other) £1 5s Internal Mrs. Rowbotham 15 Days & put on Cert. List 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 £18 3s Internal 7 Const. Sup: Candn. & 194 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 £3 4s 3d Departmental Carps. Bill
Bill Distribution £2 14s Internal Billstickers
Dividends £100 External Const. Divd.
Funds and Trusts £300 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: 16 January 1778, "D. F. Mr. Pugh for Oyl to May 10th. 1777", £276 10s.
Renters' Shares £8 External Rent
Total £997 15s 8d