Tuesday 29 November 1796

Plays

Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£134 2s
Available Revenue
42%
Capacity
22%

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

Notes
Mainpiece in place of The Force of Ridicule; afterpiece of Richard Coeur de Lion - both advertised on playbill of 28 Nov
The new Comedy last night was deferred upon the pretext of Miss Farren's illness. The Manager sent after Mrs Siddons, who was found at Covent Garden Theatre, seeing Abroad and at Home. Brandon, however, ordered her a chair and she kindly performed Isabella; Wroughton read the Father Oracle 30 Nov
At half past seven, Palmer addressed the audience: He said that Miss Farren was ill that to those who preferred to leave the theatre their money would be returned and that instead of the new play Mrs Siddons would act Isabella as soon as the dresses could be prepared for that purpose

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £134 2s £82 2s £50 18s £1 2s £0 Headcount for first account: Box (136), plus Free Box (381); Pit (156), plus Free Pit (82); F. Gall (96), plus Free F. Gall (13); and U. Gall. (88). Headcount for latter account: Box (251), plus Free Box (39); Pit (71), plus Free Pit (7); F. Gall (96); and U. Gall (54).
Box   £40 16s £37 13s
Pit   £27 6s £7 2s
First Gallery   £9 12s £4 16s
Upper Gallery   £4 8s £1 7s
Total £134 2s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Security 17s 6d Internal Soldiers
Total 17s 6d