Saturday 5 November 1796

Plays

Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£320 4s
Available Revenue
63%
Capacity
52%

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

Notes
Afterpiece: The Overture and Musick by Reeve

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £320 4s £213 14s 6d £104 10s £1 19s 6d £0 Headcount for first account: Box (322), plus Free Box (335); Pit (545), plus Free Pit (67); F. Gall (176), plus Free F. Gall (17); and U. Gall. (83). Headcount for latter account: Box (525), plus Free Box (127); Pit (107), plus Free Pit (11); F. Gall (228); and U. Gall (146).
Box   £96 12s £78 15s
Pit   £95 7s 6d £10 14s
First Gallery   £17 12s £11 8s
Upper Gallery   £4 3s £3 13s
Total £320 4s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Employees (Other) £487 12s 6d Internal 6. Office By 5 Days Salaries at £97: 10: 6 Pr. dm.
Actors £20 Internal Mrs. Siddons 11th. Payment
Actors £17 Internal Miss Farren
Lighting (Other) £7 7s External Cheyne for Candles
Lamplighters £6 18s 6d Internal Lampmen
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)".
Prompters £1 10s Internal Stokes
Bill Distribution £1 16s Internal Billstickers
Security 17s 6d Internal Soldiers
Messengers and Porters 18s Internal Appleby
Scene Painters 15s Internal Maranari's Man
Total £550 8s