Saturday 20 December 1794

Plays

Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£340 5s 6d
Available Revenue
59%
Capacity
56%

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

Notes
Mainpiece: The Musick principally new composed by Storace with a few Pieces selected from Anfossi, Mozart, Bianchi, Ditters, and Sarti
The Scenes and Decorations are all designed and painted by Greenwood except the View of the New Settlement which is by Capon
The Dresses &c are executed by Johnston and Miss Rein

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £340 5s 6d £284 5s £54 13s £1 7s 6d £0
Other Income
Category Amount Notes
Uncategorised 12s Phillimore
Uncategorised 4s Tidswell
Sub Total 16s
Total £341 1s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Actors £31 10s Internal Mrs. Jordan
Actors £17 Internal Miss Farren
Employees (Other) £65 17s Internal Constant Salaries
Employees (Other) £536 3s Internal 6 Days Salaries at £89: 7: 2 Pr. diem
House Servants (Other) £1 Internal Rhodes Mr. Salary Drury Lane paid at least three different Rhodeses in the 1790s, but it seems fairly likely that the recipient here was the Rhodes sometimes paid for letters and (if it was the same person) once paid for "Packthread & Porter". Although not noted in BD, this figure seems to have been a house servant named John Rhodes, often or mostly employed for messages.
House Servants (Other) £2 10s 6d Internal Potts Watchmen & Bolton
House Servants (Other) £1 5s Internal Pilsbury Saly
House Servants (Other) 12s Internal Goodwin
Lamplighters £7 16s 6d Internal Lampmen
Prompters £1 1s Internal Stokes Assistant
Security £4 10s Internal Constables & Price
Singers £1 Internal Mrs. Iliffe on Acct. of Salry.
Singers £17 Internal Chorus to 19th. Instant
Supernumeraries £13 17s 6d Internal Supernumeraries
Music Copyists £1 10s Internal Dorions Salary by Shucart
Musical Services and Supplies (Other) 12s Internal Stevenson Music Porter
Tailoring £30 19s 4d Departmental Taylors Bill
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £1 4s Internal Dawe Carpenter
Production Design (Other) £5 Departmental Johnstone on Account
Scene Painters £6 9s Internal Maranari's Bill
Scene Painters £10 10s Internal Do. [Maranari's] Salary
Scene Painters £3 3s Internal Demaria's Salary
Bill Distribution £1 16s Internal Billstickers
Messengers and Porters 2s Internal Messinger
Total £762 7s 10d