Friday 17 May 1793

Plays

Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£194 1s 6d
Available Revenue
73%
Capacity
43%

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 £194 1s 6d £175 15s £0 £18 6s 6d £0
Other Income
Category Amount Notes
Benefit deficiencies £15 18s Recd Mr Fawcetts difficiency
Uncategorised £4 18s [Recd] Ditto [Mr Fawcett] for Extras
Benefit deficiencies £2 15s [Recd] Mrs Clendennings diffy
Sub Total £23 11s
Total £217 12s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Benefit Payments £239 12s 6d Internal Paid Mrs: Wells the full Receipt of the 7th: May, as a free Nt Mary Wells was in staitened circumstances at this point, and her last performance had apparently been on 28 December 1792 (see BD vol. 15, p. 350). Moreover, LS vol. 5, p. 1545 does not list this night as a benefit, though it is clearly described as "Mrs. Wells's Nt:" in the relevant account book (which does not seem to have been known to the LS editors). Thus this should perhaps better be regarded as a charitable benefit, or just a charitable gift, for Mary Wells.
Miscellaneous £10 6d Internal Music &c. The term "Music &c." was used in this account book to cover daily payments to the band, the properties department and a kettle drummer. Comparison with other account books suggests that the bulk of the money (generally 80-90%) went to the band, 5s went to the kettle drummer and the rest of the money went to the properties.
Total £249 13s