Tuesday 11 May 1779

Plays

Event Type
Benefit
Revenue
£267 9s 6d
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
96%

Beneficiary(ies)
Roger Wright
Philip Butler
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Charge
£64
Additional Charge
£10 10s

Notes
Benefit: Wright and Butler
Afterpiece: To conclude with the Scene of the Waterfall, as it was originally performed
Tickets to be had: of Wright, No. 24 Bennet Street, Westminster; of Butler next door to the Theatre

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £51 3s 6d £37 11s £13 8s 6d 4s £0
Beneficiaries
Tickets Amount Box Pit Gallery Total
Roger Wright £108 6s N/A N/A N/A N/A
Philip Butler £108 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Total £267 9s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Housekeeping £3 11s 2d Departmental Housekeepers Bill to the 8th. 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”.
Supernumeraries £3 17s 6d Internal Supernumeraries to the 10th. Inclusive
Musicians (Other) £12 15s Internal Mr. Burnett for Extra Music in full to the 1st. Inst.
Tailoring £1 1s 9d Departmental Taylors Do. [Bill] to Do. [the 8th Inst.]
Printing £9 External Printer to the 8th. Instt.
Renters' Shares £8 External Renters
Tinworkers £12 12s External Cubit Tinman on Acct.
Total £50 17s 5d