Wednesday 23 May 1792

Plays

Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£244 8s 6d
Available Revenue
57%
Capacity
54%

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

Notes
Mainpiece: The Musick is chiefly new and composed by Storace
The Selections are made from the most celebrated works of Salieri, Paer, Rampini, Sacchini, Sarti, Giordani, Cimarosa, Schuster, Andreozzi
The Scenery and Machinery designed by Greenwood and executed by himself and his Pupils
The Dresses of the Tyrians, Trojans, and Africans entirely new and taken from the most accurate descriptions of the Habits of their respective Nations
Both Miss Barclay and Master Welsh had 1st appeared at the King's oratorios
A procession was introduced in which an Ostrich a Dromedary and an Elephant marched to slow music
The Masque which concluded the opera was some insipid stuff about Neptune and Nereids with a representation of the Temple of Neptune

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £244 8s 6d £213 14s 6d £28 15s £1 19s £0
Total £244 8s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Supernumeraries £10 Internal Supernumeraries on Acct.
Timber £100 External Mr. Yarroway Timber Mercht. On Acct.
Total £110