Thursday 24 May 1781

Plays

Performances
Hamlet, The Register Office
Event Type
Benefit
Revenue
£289 16s 6d
Available Revenue
76%
Capacity
104%

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

Notes
Benefit: Watson, Carleton Jun, Wilson, Hicks, R Palmer Sen

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £38 14s 6d £30 16s £7 7s 6d 11s £0
Beneficiaries
Tickets Amount Box Pit Gallery Total
Thomas Watson £51 2s N/A N/A N/A N/A
Mr Carleton £50 N/A N/A N/A N/A
John Wilson £50 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Mr Hicks £50 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Robert Palmer £50 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Other Income
Category Amount Notes
Benefit deficiencies £31 1s 8d Miss Prudon Benft defic.y in full
Sub Total £31 1s 8d
Total £320 18s 2d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Singers £31 5s Internal Miss Prudom Salary £150 in full
Unknown £1 17s 4d Unknown Mr. Rosse Saly in full BD vol. 13, p. 112 identifies the recipient as Joseph Rossi, whom Drury Lane paid numerous times for fireworks in the 1790s. However, he was active as both a pyrotechnist and dancer at this time, and BD observes that this payment was "for some unspecified service"; the term "Saly" (not mentioned by BD) suggests it was for dancing, but there is no other record of him dancing at Drury Lane at this time, so it is impossible to be sure.
Total £33 2s 4d