Tuesday 2 March 1779

Plays

Performances
The West Indian, The Wonders of Derbyshire; or, Harlequin in the Peak
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£132 4s
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
47%
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 £132 4s £129 11s £0 £2 13s £0
Total £132 4s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Housekeeping £16 13s 4d Departmental Housekeepers Bill Drury Lane normally in 1775-81, and sometimes in 1781-1802, included its properties bills (and perhaps some painters’ bills) in its housekeepers' bills, without distinguishing the amount paid on each. The relevant payments have been categorised “Housekeeping”, because the properties and painters evidently fell in the housekeepers’ remit in such cases, in both conceptual and practical terms. But note that properties and scene painters (if such they were) belong rather in “Properties, Scenes and Machines”.
Singers £4 10s Internal Chorus to the 25th. Ulto. (inclus)
Supernumeraries £17 5s 6d Internal Supernumeraries to Febry[.] 27th. (inclus)
Musicians (Kettle Drums) £1 Internal K. Drum to Do. [the 25th. Ulto. (inclus)]
Mantuamaking £1 1s 4d Departmental Mantuamakers Bill to 27th. Ulto.
Tailoring £3 9s 3d Departmental Taylor's to 27th. Ulto. Do. [Bill]
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £15 12s Internal 7 Const: Sup: Candn. & 176 Exta. both to 27th. Ulto. (inclus) "both to 27th. Ulto. (inclus)" written once between this and the following entry, and seems to refer to both entries, rather than to two of the elements within this particular entry. 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 2s 2d Departmental Carps. Bill both to 27th Ulto. (inclus) "both to 27th. Ulto. (inclus)" written once between this and the previous entry, and seems to refer to both entries, rather than to two of the elements within the previous entry.
Printing £8 8s External Printers Do. [Bill]
Renters' Shares £8 External Renters
Total £79 1s 7d