Saturday 20 May 1797

Plays

Event Type
Benefit
Revenue
£179 12s
Available Revenue
43%
Capacity
29%

Beneficiary(ies)
Drury Lane Theatrical Fund
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Charge
Free
Additional Charge
N/A

Notes
Benefit: for a Fund for the Relief of those whose Infirmities oblige them to retire from the Stage

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £129 16s £75 11s £50 14s £3 7s 4s Odd money Headcount for first account: Box (56); Pit (270); F. Gall (96); and U. Gall. (38). Headcount for latter account: Box (262); Pit (81); F. Gall (36); and U. Gall (60).
Box   £16 16s £39 6s
Pit   £47 5s £8 2s
First Gallery   £9 12s £1 16s
Upper Gallery   £1 18s £1 10s
Beneficiaries
Tickets Amount Box Pit Gallery Total
Drury Lane Theatrical Fund £49 16s N/A N/A N/A N/A
Total £179 12s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Employees (Other) £584 10s Internal 6 Days Salaries at £97. 8. 4
Actors £31 10s Internal Mrs. Jordan
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £30 Departmental Carpenters
Printing £20 External Printer
Tailoring £15 Departmental Taylors Bill
Scene Painters £10 Internal Greenwood
Candles (Tallow) £10 External Rablus Tallow
Singers £10 Internal Chorus
Supernumeraries £10 Internal Supernums.
Lighting (Other) £9 2s External Dale two Days Candles
Production Design (Other) £5 Internal Do. [Johnstone] Salary
Production Design (Other) £5 Departmental Johnstone on Acct.
Scene Painters £5 Internal Maranari
Mantuamaking £2 10s 6d Departmental Mantua's Bill
Animals £2 12s 6d External Fowell White Horses
Tailoring £1 16s Internal Do. [Taylors] Salary
Messengers and Porters £1 4s Internal Appleby
Prompters £1 10s Internal Stokes
Scene Painters 15s Internal Do. [Maranari] Bill
Security 17s 6d Internal Soldiers
Total £756 7s 6d