Saturday 17 April 1779

Plays

Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£174 12s
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
62%

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 £174 12s £128 14s £43 1s £2 17s £0
Other Income
Category Amount Notes
Uncategorised £40 To Mr Webster's Note recd.
Benefit deficiencies £15 15s Do. [To Mr Webster] his Benefit Deficiency 6th Inst.
Stoppages £9 15s Stopages
Sub Total £65 10s
Total £240 2s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Employees (Other) £503 17s 6d Internal By 6 Days Salary at £83. 19s. 7d pr. diem
Employees (Other) £42 18s Internal Const. Do: [Salary]
Scene Painters £20 Internal Mr. French Painter 2 Months Saly to the 28th. Febry[.] last inclusive
Loans Made (as Creditor) £14 Internal Mr. Webster pr. Order on Note
Singers £10 10s Internal Dr. Cooke for Singg. Boys to 8th. inclusive
Renters' Shares £8 External Renters
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 8s Departmental Mantuamakers Bill
Musicians (Trumpets) 15s Internal 2 Extra Trumpets 12th: Inst:
Total £609 14s 6d