Saturday 29 May 1779

Plays

Event Type
Benefit
Revenue
£243 3s
Available Revenue
100%
Capacity
87%

Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Charge
£105
Additional Charge
Unknown

Notes
Benefit: Mortimer, Tomlinson, Carleton Sen, Woollams
Tickets delivered by Bayne, Page, Finney, Barthrope, and Whittey will be taken
Tickets sold at the Doors will not be admitted

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £18 19s £15 3s £3 11s 5s £0
Beneficiaries
Tickets Amount Box Pit Gallery Total
Mr Mortimer £56 4s N/A N/A N/A N/A
Mr Tomlinson £56 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Mr Carleton £56 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Thomas Woollams £56 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Mr Bayne £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Mr Page £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Mr Finney £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Mr Barthrope £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Mr Whitby £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Other Income
Category Amount Notes
Stoppages £5 13s 4d Stopages
Sub Total £5 13s 4d
Total £248 16s 4d

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) £335 18s 4d Internal By 4 Days Salary at 83. 19. 7 pr. diem
Employees (Other) £42 18s Internal Constant Salaries
Lamplighters £4 10s Internal Lampmen
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £6 7s 4d Departmental Carpenters Bill to 22d. Inst inclus:
Bill Distribution £2 14s Internal Billstickers
Renters' Shares £8 External Renters
Total £402 9s 8d