Saturday 26 April 1794

Plays

Performances
The Distressed Mother, No Song No Supper
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£435 6s 6d
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
71%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Notes
Afterpiece: The Music composed by Storace
In afterpiece, the playbill assigns Nelly to Miss Redhead but on the BM playbill Harris - her name is deleted and a MS annotation substitutes Mrs Bramwell's

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £435 6s 6d £356 2s £77 19s £1 5s 6d £0
Total £435 6s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £50 Departmental Mr. Cabanel Carpenter on Acct. Listed under "Eveng. Payts.".
Scene Painters £50 Internal Mr. Greenwood painter on Account Listed under "Eveng. Payts.".
Tailoring £49 1s Departmental Taylors Bills in full Listed under "Eveng. Payts.".
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £45 19s 9d Departmental Carpenter's Bill to 19th. Inst. Listed under "Eveng. Payts.".
House Servants (Other) £35 14s Internal Pilsburys Do. [List of Servants] Do. [employ'd in] Do. [Oratorio]
Employees (Other) £33 6s Internal Dales List of Servants employ'd in Oratorio Dale's list of payees sometimes included performers, hence its categorisation here as "Employees (Other)" rather than "House Servants (Other)".
Supernumeraries £32 9s Internal Supernumeraries
Singers £22 10s Internal Chorus to 25th. Instant Inclusive
Actors £17 Internal Miss Farren
Lamplighters £11 8s 4d Internal Lampmen Including Rehearsals
Scene Painters £10 10s Internal Mr. French Scene Painter on Acct.
Security £9 12s Internal 8 Constables at 2s/ 12 Oratorio Nights
Mantuamaking £9 5s Departmental Miss Rein Mantua maker to 9th. Inst. Listed under "Eveng. Payts.".
Production Design (Other) £7 2s 6d Departmental Johnstones Bill Listed under "Eveng. Payts.".
House Servants (Other) £6 5s Internal Pilsbury 5 Weeks Salary to 19th.
Messengers and Porters £5 11s Internal Chatterley & Appleby for Messages before Openg.
Security £4 10s Internal 9 Constables 5 Nights at 2s/
Wardrobe (Other) £1 10s Internal Mrs. Phillimore Do. [Saly. Week] Do. [before Openg.]
Messengers and Porters £1 16s Internal Do. [Chatterley] & Do [Appleby] Saly Week before Openg.
Machines £1 10s 8d External J Buckingham a Bill for Blocks Presumed to be blocks used in stage machinery, given that Covent Garden bought tow from a Mr Buckingham around this time, and Drury Lane began frequently buying rope from a Buckingham from 1802 onwards.
Travel and Accommodation £1 1s External Miss Linton Coach Hire
Wardrobe (Other) £1 10s Internal Mrs. Phillimore Do. [One Week] Do. [before Openg]
Security £1 16s Internal Three Watchmen 12s/ each
House Servants (Other) £1 5s Internal Pilsbury Saly.
Wardrobe (Other) 10s Internal Mrs. Smith One Week before Openg
Messengers and Porters 18s Internal Appleby Do. [one Week before Openg] "Do." written once but applying to this and another entry.
Messengers and Porters 18s Internal Chatterley Do. [one Week before Openg] "Do." written once but applying to this and another entry.
House Servants (Other) 12s Internal Potts Hall Keeper
Cleaners 2s 6d Internal Boulton Box Book. Office Sweeper
Total £413 12s 9d