Saturday 24 April 1779

Plays

Performances
The Jealous Wife, The Jubilee
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£108 4s 6d
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
39%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Notes
Mainpiece in place of Rule a Wife and Have a Wife, advertised on playbill of 23 Apr

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £108 4s 6d £80 8s £23 17s 6d £3 19s £0
Other Income
Category Amount Notes
Benefit deficiencies £8 17s 6d Benefit Deficiency 14th Inst.
Stoppages £9 15s Stopages
Sub Total £18 12s 6d
Total £126 17s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
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".
Employees (Other) £503 17s 6d Internal By 6 Days Salaries at 83. 19. 7. pr. diem
Employees (Other) £42 18s Internal Constant Do. [Salaries]
Housekeeping £4 5s 10d Departmental Housekeepers Bill to 17th. Inst. 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”.
Lamplighters £4 10s Internal Lampmen
Singers £9 Internal Mr. Webb for Chorus to 15th. Inst.
Musicians (Kettle Drums) £3 Internal Mr. Neilson K: Drum to 23d. Inst.
Mantuamaking 7s 4d Departmental Mantuamakers Bill
Tailoring £3 19s 5d Departmental Taylor's Bill to 17th.
Bill Distribution £2 14s Internal Billstickers
Renters' Shares £8 External Renters
Total £584 14s 1d