Thursday 21 March 1793

Plays

Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£277 10s
Available Revenue
55%
Capacity
62%

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

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £277 10s £204 6s £61 16s £11 8s £0
Total £277 10s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Newspaper Advertisements £5 5s External News Papers
Poor Rate £140 12s 6d External 3 Qrs. of a Years Poors Rate to Xmas for the Opera House Pd. to Mr Bulkley
Poor Rate £4 17s 6d External 1 Years Do. [Poors Rate to Xmas] for the House late Patence [?] to Do. [Mr Bulkley]
Poor Rate £3 7s 6d External 1 Do. [Years] Do. [Poors Rate to Xmas for the] Do. [House late Patence [?] to] Do. [Mr Bulkley] There may be an error here, either by the original scribe or in the transcription. The previous payment is also for "1 Years", and it is unclear why two identically-worded entries would be written on the same day with different sums assigned (£4 17s 6d and £3 7s 6d).
Unknown £198 7s 8d Unknown Balance of Insurance paid to Mr. Taylor Unclear whether Drury Lane was buying insurance from the Mr Taylor in question, or paying him an insurance payout.
Total £352 10s 2d