Saturday 12 November 1796

Plays

Performances
The Grecian Daughter, My Grandmother, The Scotch Ghost; or, Little Fanny's Love
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£256 7s 6d
Available Revenue
56%
Capacity
42%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Notes
The Publick is most respectfully informed that on account of the sudden Indisposition of a Principal Performer the new Tragedy of The Conspiracy, advertised on playbill of 11 Nov, is obliged to be deferred
The Grecian Daughter was substituted in its room. All the principal performers advertised for the new play having however appeared in The Grecian Daughter, it is supposed and generally understood that it was the interference of the Lord Chamberlain's interdiction who by the mighty virtues of his white wand valiantly frustrated the meditated Conspiracy that produced the sudden change of performance

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £256 7s 6d £167 6s 6d £84 11s £4 10s £0 Headcount for first account: Box (216), plus Free Box (349); Pit (465), plus Free Pit (48); F. Gall (159), plus Free F. Gall (15); and U. Gall. (105). Headcount for latter account: Box (401), plus Free Box (81); Pit (117), plus Free Pit (7); F. Gall (187); and U. Gall (134).
Box   £64 16s £60 3s
Pit   £81 7s 6d £11 14s
First Gallery   £15 18s £9 7s
Upper Gallery   £5 5s £3 7s
Total £256 7s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Actors £17 Internal Miss Farren
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers £8 8s External Mr Macdonald in full
Employees (Other) £5 13s 6d Internal Const. by Dale Dale's list of payees sometimes included performers, hence its categorisation here as "Employees (Other)" rather than "House Servants (Other)".
Employees (Other) £586 18s Internal 7th. Office By 6. Days Salaries at £97. 16: 4 Pr. dm.
Lamplighters £7 8s 6d Internal Lampmen
Prompters £1 10s Internal Stokes
Security 17s 6d Internal Soldiers
Singers £7 15s Internal Chorus to
Supernumeraries £20 Internal Supernumeraries on Acct. of 42: 8: 0
Music Copyists £3 3s Internal Wiber on Account
Mantuamaking £6 11s 2d Departmental Mantua's Bill to 5th. Inst.
Tailoring £9 11s Departmental Taylors Bill in full
Tailoring £3 12s Internal Gay 2 Weeks Saly. to 5th. Novr.
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £40 Departmental Carpenter's on Account by Cheyne
Production Design (Other) £12 12s Departmental Johnstone on Acct. of Bills 24: 10: 2
Production Design (Other) £10 Internal Johnstone 2. Weeks
Scene Painters £1 10s Internal Maranari's Man 2 Weeks
Bill Distribution £1 16s Internal Billstickers
Books, Paper and Stationery 14s External Stamps for J Paid Kemble's Agreets.
Messengers and Porters 18s Internal Appleby
Total £745 17s 8d