Thursday 27 September 1792

Plays

Performances
The Clandestine Marriage, Comus (1772)
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£225 8s 6d
Available Revenue
100%
Capacity
50%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Notes
In afterpiece, the playbill assigns Euphrosyne to Mrs Crouch, but illness prevented and Mrs Bland undertook the part

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £225 8s 6d £167 5s 6d £57 7s 16s £0
Other Income
Category Amount Notes
Box rent £189 Ld. Darby Box for Plays under Drury Lane Patent for this Season
Sub Total £189
Total £414 8s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Performers (Other) £13 10s Internal The Prince of Wales's Porter for Performances in Cymon LS vol. 5, p. 1416 notes for the 31 December 1791 performance of Cymon that it "conclude[d] with a Grand Procession of the Hundred Knights of Chivalry, and the Representation of an Ancient Tournament", and that "the Prince of Wales' Highlander made one of the procession, and entered the lists as a champion, fighting with an enormous club; against him a small female warrior was opposed, by whom he was subdued." It states that this spectacle was "included in all subsequent performances."
Authorial Payments (Other) £105 External Author of Agmunda or Huniades on Acct. by Mr. Wm. Woodfall
Total £118 10s