Saturday 10 April 1779

Plays

Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£193 3s 6d
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
69%

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

Notes
Mainpiece: Not acted these 3 years
Afterpiece 1st time, based partly on The Stolen Heiress by Susannah Centlivre

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £193 3s 6d £151 2s £39 12s 6d £2 9s £0
Other Income
Category Amount Notes
Stoppages £9 15s Stopages
Sub Total £9 15s
Total £202 18s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Employees (Other) £503 17s 6d Internal By 6 Days Salary at 83. 19. 7 Pr. diem
Timber £100 External Mr. Chettel's Timber Merchts. Draft
Employees (Other) £42 18s Internal Constant Do. [Salary]
Singers £8 Internal Chorus to 25th. Ulto.
Renters' Shares £8 External Renters
Supernumeraries £7 6d Internal Supernumeraries to 27th. Ulto. (inclus)
Singers £5 15s Internal Do. [Chorus] to 8th. Inst.
Lamplighters £4 10s Internal Lampmen
Bill Distribution £2 14s Internal Billstickers
Actors £2 2s Internal Mrs. Burden BD vol. 2, p. 416 states that "The "Mrs Burdan" who was listed for several weekly payments of £2 each during the 1778-79 season at Drury Lane seems not to have been the actress Kitty, but a supplier of some kind of materials. She may well have been related to Mrs Burden the actress through her husband." However, it gives no evidence in support of this statement, and seems unaware of: the frequency of the payments (far more than the term "several" suggests); the usage of the spelling "Burden", rather than "Burdan", in the season's main account book; and the fact that one of them, on 12 June 1779, was described as an "Advance". Moreover, suppliers were not normally paid in set weekly or semi-weekly instalments, as this recipient was; and no Mrs Burden has been identified in trade directories of the time. The decision has therefore been taken to categorise these payments as "Actors".
Mantuamaking 18s 2d Departmental Mantuamakers Bill
Musicians (Kettle Drums) 15s Internal K: Drum to 23 Ulto.
Music Copyists 18s Internal Two Music Bills
Dancers 10s 6d Internal Miss Simonet Dancing 1 Night I: F:
Total £687 18s 8d