Wednesday 3 February 1796

Plays

Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£328 16s
Available Revenue
51%
Capacity
54%

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 £328 16s £320 18s 6d £0 £7 17s 6d £0
Total £328 16s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Housekeeping £8 4s Departmental House Bill Do. [One Week]
Singers £21 15s Internal Chorus to 29th. Jany
Musicians (Trumpets) £8 5s Internal Extra Trumpets to 15th. Jany
Clothing Material (Other) £300 External Mr. Street
Properties £2 6s 8d Departmental Properties One Week
Candles (Tallow) £15 1s 10d External Rablus for Tallow Candles
Metals £25 External Mr. Barron & Son
Royal Attendants £4 4s External The Kings Footmen & Chairmen Xmas Boxes
Royal Attendants £4 4s External The Queens Do. [Footmen] Do. [& Chairmen Xmas Boxes]
Unknown £177 7s 6d Unknown Mr. Hollis Cert. & Peacock pd. to Covey A bricklayer named John Hollis was engaged in constructing the new Drury Lane theatre in the early 1790s, but there is no reason to connect him with this payment.
Authorial Payments (Other) £33 6s 8d External Mr. Holcroft for the Comedy of the Man of Ten Thousand on Acct
Total £599 14s 8d