Saturday 20 May 1797

Plays

Performances
The Woodman, The Rendezvous, The Irishman in London; or, The Happy African, The Storm, In My Father's Mud Cabin, Old Towler, Shakespeare's Loadsters
Event Type
Benefit
Revenue
£236 12s
Available Revenue
57%
Capacity
51%
Beneficiary(ies)
Wright Bowden
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Charge
Free
Additional Charge
£3 12s
Notes
1st piece in place of The Duenna advertised on playbill of 19 May
Tickets to be had of Bowden, No. 6 Lower Brook Street, Grosvenor Square
Supplementary charge: Supernums £3:12:0

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £109 19s 6d £101 14s 6d £0 £8 5s £0
Beneficiaries
Tickets Amount Box Pit Gallery Total
Wright Bowden £126 12s 6d 279 179 116 574
Total £236 12s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Employees (Other) £362 19s 1d Internal Paid 6 Nights Sals [payroll entries here aggregated]
Authorial Payments (Other) £100 External Paid Mrs. Inchbald on Acco
Unknown £88 15s Unknown Paid Mr. Robins Perhaps a scribal error for "Robinson", in which case it would most likely refer to the peruke maker(s) of that name, but could also refer to the confectioner(s), wine merchant(s) or woollen draper(s) of that name.
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £28 15s 1d Departmental Mr. Sloper for Scene Men
Supernumeraries £17 16s 6d Internal Supernums
Wardrobe (Other) £10 7s 6d Departmental Wardrobe
Musicians (Band) £9 1s 8d Internal Music 19th. Ins
Singers £7 15s Internal Chorus Singers
Musicians (Other) £5 13s Internal Extra Music
Scene Painters £4 4s Internal Mr. Phillips
Production Design (Other) £4 1s 3d Departmental Paid Mr. Goostree Sundry disbursments
Tailoring £4 18s 3d Departmental Paid Mr. Dick to 19th. Ins
Scene Painters £3 3s Internal Mr. Creswell
Scene Painters £2 10s Internal Mr. Blackmore
Scene Painters £1 10s Internal Mr. Hollagan
Scene Painters 15s Internal Mr. Hodgins
Musicians (Kettle Drums) 5s Internal Kettle Drum
Properties 16s 6d Departmental Properties Do [19th. Ins]
Total £653 5s 10d