Saturday 1 October 1796

Plays

Performances
The Country Girl, My Grandmother, The Triumph of Love
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£598 2s
Available Revenue
100%
Capacity
98%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Notes
Ballet by Giacomo Gentili; music by Vittorio Trento
With new Scenes and Decorations
In the course of the Ballet will be introduced Groups of Flying Cupids

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £598 2s £511 7s 6d £83 £3 14s 6d £0 Headcount for first account: Box (1066), plus Free Box (376); Pit (730), plus Free Pit (41); F. Gall (506), plus Free F. Gall (12); and U. Gall. (264). Headcount for latter account: Box (518), plus Free Box (90); Pit (18), plus Free Pit (8); F. Gall (54); plus Free F. Gall (3); and U. Gall (32).
Box   £319 16s £77 14s
Pit   £127 15s 6d £1 16s
First Gallery   £50 12s £2 14s
Upper Gallery   £13 4s 16s
Total £598 2s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Actors £34 Internal Miss Farren Constant Salary 2 Weeks at £17: 0: 0
Cleaners 2s 6d Internal Mrs. Bolton Sweeper Included in payments "Pd. to Dale".
Dancers £50 Internal Madme. Parisot
Employees (Other) £456 3s 4d Internal First Office 5 Days Salaries at £91: 4: 8 Pr. diem
Employees (Other) £5 13s 6d Internal Do. as above [Miss Farren, Mrs. Phillimore, Mrs. Smith, 3 Watchmen, Potts, Chatterley, Mrs. Bolton] as above paid to 24. Sepr. By Dale Dale's list of payees sometimes included performers, hence its categorisation here as "Employees (Other)" rather than "House Servants (Other)".
House Servants (Other) 12s Internal Potts Hallkeeper Included in payments "Pd. to Dale".
Lamplighters £21 14s 8d Internal Lampmen from beginning
Prompters £1 10s Internal Stokes Do. [Const. Saly.]
Security 17s 6d Internal Soldiers
Security £1 16s Internal 3 Watchmen Mr. Mr. Mr. Do. [Const. Saly. 1. Week] Spaces left after each "Mr." for names that were never supplied. Included in payments "Pd. to Dale".
Tailoring £1 16s Internal Gay Taylor Const. Saly.
Tailoring £6 1s 7d Departmental Taylors Bill by Gay
Wardrobe (Other) 15s Internal Mrs. Smith Do. [Const. Saly. 1. Week] Included in payments "Pd. to Dale".
Wardrobe (Other) £1 10s Internal Mrs. Phillimore Const. Saly. 1. Week Included in payments "Pd. to Dale".
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £25 7d Departmental Carps. Bill Pence figure is in fact 7.5, but the half pence has not been here recorded.
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £4 17s 6d Departmental Do. [Carps.] Night work
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £4 Internal Jacobs on Account
Production Design (Other) £5 Internal Johnstone Do. [Const. Saly.]
Scene Painters £5 5s Internal Mr. Greenwood on Account
Scene Painters' Supplies £1 14s 7d External Hugh's for Colours Pence figure is in fact 7.5, but the half pence has not been here recorded.
Candles (Tallow) £13 18s 6d External Rablus Tallow Chandler to 21st. Sepr.
Messengers and Porters 18s Internal Chatterley Messinger Included in payments "Pd. to Dale".
Messengers and Porters £1 16s Internal Appleby Messinger 2 Weeks
Miscellaneous £1 14s 3d External Disboursements by Cheyne
Total £646 16s 6d