Saturday 8 May 1779

Plays

Performances
The Tempest, Comus (1772)
Event Type
Benefit
Revenue
£138 5s
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
49%
Beneficiary(ies)
Francis Godolphin Waldron
Harriet Abrams
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Charge
£64
Additional Charge
£7 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

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £73 16s £50 10s £22 17s 9s £0
Beneficiaries
Tickets Amount Box Pit Gallery Total
Francis Godolphin Waldron £32 9s N/A N/A N/A N/A
Harriet Abrams £32 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Other Income
Category Amount Notes
Stoppages £12 9s Stopages
Sub Total £12 9s
Total £150 14s

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 Salary at 83. 19. 7 pr. diem
Employees (Other) £42 18s Internal Constant Salaries
Housekeeping £10 2s 5d Departmental Housekeepers Bill to 1st. 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 £10 10s Internal Chorus by Mr. Webb to May 5th. inclus
Musicians (Kettle Drums) £2 Internal Kettle Drum 7th. Inst inclusive
Musicians (Trumpets) £1 10s Internal Extra Trumpets in Jubilee 2 Nights
Mantuamaking 8s Departmental Mantuamakers Bill
Tailoring £2 12s 2d Departmental Taylor's Bill 1st. Inst inclus
Bill Distribution £2 14s Internal Billstickers
Renters' Shares £8 External Renters
Total £591 4s 1d