Saturday 24 January 1778

Plays

Performances
The Battle of Hastings, Daphne and Amintor
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£243 15s 6d
Available Revenue
62%
Capacity
87%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Notes
Mainpiece: Prologue and Epilogue by the author
With new Scenes, Dresses, and Decorations

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £243 15s 6d £235 £8 13s 2s 6d £0
Other Income
Category Amount Notes
Stoppages £9 6s Stopages
Sub Total £9 6s
Total £253 1s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Employees (Other) £13 16s 6d Internal Certainties
Employees (Other) £532 6s 6d Internal Six Days Saly. at pr. Diem £88. 14s. 5d.
Lamplighters £4 10s Internal Lampmen
Singers £4 Internal Chorus by Webb
Music Copyists 8s Internal Daglish Bill
Music Copyists £5 18s Internal Music writing (by Lolli, Danby & Bradford) 3 Bills
Musical Services and Supplies (Other) £9 1s Unknown Mending Musical Instruments pr. Randal & Music & Paper See BD vol. 12, p. 256 on Richard Randall and other Randalls involved in music. It is unclear which Randall was paid here, and whether he was employed by or external to the theatre.
Musicians (Kettle Drums) £2 15s Internal K. Drum Neilson 2 Weeks
Clothing Purchase (Other) £2 2s External Mrs. Baddeley for a Gown
Mantuamaking 18s 10d Departmental Mants. Do [Bill]
Tailoring £14 1s Departmental Taylors Do. [Bill]
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £4 12s 7d Departmental Carps. Bill
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £18 6s Internal 7 Const. Sups: Candn. & 196 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 £100 External Const. Divd.
Funds and Trusts £400 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: 23 January 1778, "D: F: Mr. Parker for Scene Painting", £4 4s; "D: F: Mrs. French in full", £82 19s.
Renters' Shares £8 External Rent
Total £1,123 9s 5d