Saturday 16 September 1780

Plays

Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£161 12s
Available Revenue
100%
Capacity
58%

Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A

Notes
1st piece: Not acted these 7 years
No Persons admitted behind the Scenes nor any Money returned after the Curtain is drawn up
Admission: Boxes 5s, Pit 3s, 1st Gallery 2s, Upper Gallery 1s
The Doors to be opened at 5:30. To begin at 6:30

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £161 12s £135 £26 12s £0 £0
Total £161 12s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £20 Departmental Mr. Butler. Do [on Acct.]
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £14 14s Departmental Mr. Butler on Acct. June 24th. July 1st. & 8th
Metals 4s 6d External Do. [Mr. Westley] Lock bought
Messengers and Porters 3s 6d Internal Messenger's pd. several times &ca
Loan Repayments (as Debtor) £1 2s External Mr. Westley Discot. & Expences The treasurer, Thomas Westley, seems to have borrowed £400 for Drury Lane, or loaned the theatre his own £400, around this time, for which the theatre occasionally paid him a discount and "expences". Other payments, such as the £3 6s 8d paid "By Interest on Draft" on 16 June 1781, recorded immediately before one of the "expences" payments, may also have related to this £400.
Loans Made (as Creditor) £10 Internal By Cash advanced Watson for Change
Total £46 4s