Saturday 23 January 1796

Plays

Performances
The Man of Ten Thousand, Harlequin Captive; or, The Magic Fire
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£540 7s
Available Revenue
66%
Capacity
89%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Notes
Mainpiece: Prologue and Epilogue by the author
With new Scenes and Dresses

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £540 7s £538 19s 6d £0 £1 7s 6d £0
Total £540 7s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Actors £17 Internal Miss Farren Salary
Cleaners 5s Internal Do. [Dale] Mrs. Bolton Do [two Week beging Season]
Employees (Other) £562 19s Internal 6 Days Salaries at £93: 16: 6 Pr. diem
Employees (Other) £5 13s 6d Internal Dale's Constant Salaries Dale's list of payees sometimes included performers, hence its categorisation here as "Employees (Other)" rather than "House Servants (Other)".
Lamplighters £9 15s 4d Internal Lampmen
Singers £15 15s Internal Chorus to 22nd Jany in full
Singers £21 Internal Signora Storace in full
Supernumeraries £11 3s 6d Internal Supernumeras. 16th. Inst.
Mantuamaking £4 6d Departmental Mantua
Tailoring £13 1s 5d Departmental Taylors Bill
Tailoring £1 16s Internal Do. [Taylors] Salary
Wardrobe (Other) £1 10s Internal Do. [Dale] Mrs. Smith Do [two Week beging Season]
Wardrobe (Other) £3 Internal Do. [Dale] Mrs. Phillimore two Week beging Season
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £78 18s 8d Departmental Cheyne for Carps. Bill
Scene Painters £10 10s Internal Mr. Greenwood on Acct
Bill Distribution £1 16s Internal Billstickers
Messengers and Porters £1 16s Internal Do. [Dale] Chatterly Do. [two Week beging Season]
Messengers and Porters 1s Departmental Letters by Rhodes Although not noted in BD, this figure seems to have been a house servant named John Rhodes, often or mostly employed for messages.
Messengers and Porters 18s Internal Appleby Salary
Total £760 18s 11d