Tuesday 12 February 1788

Plays

Performances
Rule a Wife and Have a Wife, Three Weeks After Marriage
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£141 16s
Available Revenue
44%
Capacity
42%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Notes
As mainpiece, the playbill announces Love in a Village but Mrs Billington was taken ill. Rule a Wife was substituted
Annotation on playbill gives St Patrick's Day but in the Account Book, which also notes the change of mainpiece, it is deleted and Three Weeks after Marriage substituted

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £141 16s £135 15s 6d £0 £6 6d £0
Total £141 16s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Singers £20 Internal Paid Mrs. Martyr on Acct.
Musicians (Band) £8 6s 6d Internal Music the 11th. Inst.
Musicians (Kettle Drums) 5s Internal Kettle Drum do. [the 11th. Inst.]
Properties 3s Departmental Properties do. [the 11th. Inst.]
Glass £61 5s External Paid Mr. Wright Glazier for 1785/86
Proprietorial (Other) £10 10s External Paid Thos. Harris Esqr.
Benefit Payments £246 12s 6d Internal Paid Mrs: Billington her Benefit Ballce.
Annuities £10 10s External Paid Mr Harrison Annt. to Xmas
Renters' Shares £37 9s External Paid Mr. Maseres Renter 2 Years
Renters' Shares £18 11s 2d External Paid Mr: Tibley Do. [Renter]
Authorial Payments (Other) £43 1s External Paid Mr: Brandon in full for Cash advanced to Mr. Pilon The author, Frederick Pilon, had died on 17 January 1788, but Mr Brandon had presumably advanced the cash to him before that date and was here being reimbursed by the theatre.
Total £456 13s 2d