Saturday 2 April 1796

Plays

Performances
Vortigern, My Grandmother, Last Whitsunday they Brought Me, She Sung Whilst from Her Eye Ran Down
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£555 6s 6d
Available Revenue
67%
Capacity
91%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Notes
Mainpiece: incidental music by William Linley
Prologue by Sir James Bland Burges; epilogue by Robert Merry
With new Scenes, Dresses, Decorations
The Scenes designed and excuted by Greenwood and Capon
The Dresses by Johnston, Gay, Miss Rein

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £555 6s 6d £528 6s £26 9s 6d 11s £0
Total £555 6s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Actors £17 Internal Miss Farren
Actors £10 10s Internal Mrs. Jordan on Account of Saly
Employees (Other) £5 13s 6d Internal Dales Const. Salaries Dale's list of payees sometimes included performers, hence its categorisation here as "Employees (Other)" rather than "House Servants (Other)".
Employees (Other) £563 4s Internal 6 Days Salaries at £93: 17: 4 Pr. dm.
Lamplighters £8 1s Internal Lampmen
Singers £10 10s Internal Mad'me Storace on Account
Mantuamaking £4 16s Departmental Mantua's Bill
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £31 10s Departmental Cheyne on Account of Carpenters
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £2 2s Internal Jacobs on Account of Salary
Scene Painters £3 1s 6d Internal Maranaris Bills 2 Weeks
Scene Painters £10 10s Internal Do. [Maranaris] Salary Passion Week
Scene Painters £3 3s Internal Demerias Salary Do. [Passion Week]
Glass £165 10s External Ashlin (Cert:)
Timber £36 8d External Cambell & White for Timber 17th. March
Bill Distribution £2 8s Internal Billstickers
Accounting and Payment Issues £1 6d External March 8th. Do. [Error] in the 2nd. Acct. "March" written once but applying to this and another entry. "Error in 2nd. Acct. £1: 0: 6 deducted 2nd April" written beneath the 8 March 1796 receipts.
Accounting and Payment Issues 4s External March 7th. Error in the 1st. Acct. "March" written once but applying to this and another entry. "Error 4s/ in first acct. deducted 2nd April" written beneath the 7 March 1796 receipts.
Messengers and Porters 18s Internal Appleby Messinger
Total £876 2s 2d