Saturday 22 April 1797

Plays

Performances
The Will, Who's the Dupe?
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£282 19s
Available Revenue
54%
Capacity
46%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £282 19s £216 18s 6d £60 11s £5 9s 6d £0 Headcount for first account: Box (341), plus Free Box (299); Pit (545), plus Free Pit (45); F. Gall (166), plus Free F. Gall (30); and U. Gall. (53). Headcount for latter account: Box (305), plus Free Box (81); Pit (73), plus Free Pit (3); F. Gall (99); and U. Gall (102).
Box   £102 6s £45 15s
Pit   £95 7s 6d £7 6s
First Gallery   £16 12s £4 19s
Upper Gallery   £2 13s £2 11s
Total £282 19s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Actors £31 10s Internal Mrs. Jordan 3. Nights
Employees (Other) £584 10s Internal 6. Days Salaries at £97: 8: 4
Prompters £1 10s Internal Stokes
Security 17s 6d Internal Soldiers
Singers £12 Internal Chorus in full
Supernumeraries £8 14s 6d Internal Supernums. in full
Music Copyists £2 2s Internal Wyber on Account
Musicians (Kettle Drums) £5 5s Internal Asbridge on Acct.
Mantuamaking £6 19s 7d Departmental Mantua's Bill 2 Do. [Weeks]
Mantuamaking £6 Internal Miss Rein Saly. 2 Do. [Weeks]
Tailoring £10 1s 4d Departmental Taylors Bill in full
Tailoring £3 12s Internal Do. [Taylors] Salary 2. Weeks
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £60 Departmental Cheyne on Acct. of Carpenters
Production Design (Other) £10 Internal Do. [Johnstone] Salary 2 Weeks
Production Design (Other) £5 5s Departmental Johnstone on Account
Scene Painters £3 Internal Banks for Passion Week Probably Thomas Banks. BD vol. 1, pp. 256-7, states that his salary as a performer (as distinct from his work as a scene painter) gained him a £3 per week salary "through 1795-96", and it dropped to £1 in the 1796-97 season, before rising to £3 again (but primarily for his painting) after 1798. Since this payment was for Passion Week, and therefore must have been a constant salary rather than a performer's 6-day weekly rate, it appears that BD is mistaken as to when Banks moved onto his constant £3 salary as a painter.
Scene Painters £5 5s Internal Maranari on Acct.
Scene Painters 15s Internal Do. [Maranari] Man
Lighting (Other) £45 External Mr. Jones for Oil and Candles
Printing £15 External Printer on Acct.
Messengers and Porters 2s 6d Internal Appleby Bill "Appleby" written once but applying to this and another entry.
Messengers and Porters £1 4s Internal Appleby "Appleby" written once but applying to this and another entry.
Authorial Payments (Other) £33 6s 8d External Mr. Reynolds Author
Total £852 1d