Saturday 9 May 1778

Plays

Event Type
Benefit
Revenue
£182 6d
Available Revenue
55%
Capacity
65%

Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Charge
£64
Additional Charge
£9 19s 6d

Notes
Benefit: Waldron and Miss Abrams
Tickets to be had of Waldron, No. 16 Glanville Street, Rathbone Place; of Miss Abrams, Little Bridges Street, Drury Lane

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £87 3s 6d £63 6s £23 15s 2s 6d £0
Beneficiaries
Tickets Amount Box Pit Gallery Total
Francis Godolphin Waldron £47 17s N/A N/A N/A N/A
Harriet Abrams £47 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Other Income
Category Amount Notes
Stoppages £3 19s 6d Stopages
House surcharges £3 3s 6d To Theatrical Fund for Cands. & Oil
Sub Total £7 3s
Total £189 3s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Employees (Other) £448 18s 4d Internal To 5 Days Saly. at 89. 15. 8
Employees (Other) £12 16s 6d Internal Certs.
Lamplighters £3 15s Internal Lampmen
Musicians (Kettle Drums) £1 5s Internal K Drum
Musicians (Other) £1 2s 6d Internal Three Exta. Bassoons
Musicians (Trumpets) 15s Internal Tscro [?] Ext Trumpets
Mantuamaking 8s Departmental Mants. Do [Bill]
Tailoring £3 19s 9d Departmental Taylors Do. [Bill]
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £6 6s Internal 7 Const. Candn. & 44 Exta. 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 5s Internal Billstickers
Renters' Shares £8 External Renters
Total £491 5s 7d