Monday 26 February 1798

Plays

Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£416 18s 6d
Available Revenue
55%
Capacity
68%

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 £416 18s 6d £344 11s 6d £65 18s £6 9s £0
Total £416 18s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Actors £31 10s Internal Mrs. Jordan
Security 17s 6d Internal Soldiers
Clothing Material (Other) £50 External Street Mr. on Acct.
Canvas £26 10s External Walters & James Bill London Directory (1797), p. 160, names "Walters and James, Mercers, 15, Cloysters, West Smithfield". But DL seems to have paid them mostly or exclusively for canvas.
Production Design (Other) £4 Departmental Mr. Johnstone on Acct. of Men
Lighting (Other) £6 External Glossop
Oil £7 14s 3d External Morris Oil 22 Jany
Poor Rate £40 External Mr. Jackson on Acct. of Poors Rates
Unknown £40 Unknown Mr. Fourdineiu [?] off Bill Possibly a payment to "Fourdrinier, Bloxam & Fourdriniers", stationers, or "Fourdrinier Charles", stationer, tradespeople listed in directories around this time.
Unknown £34 18s 4d Unknown Messrs. Walker & Weilby Bill Perhaps a payment to William Wilby, whom DL frequently paid for copper lace around this time and sometimes called "Weilby". Wilby does not seem to have had a partner named Walker, but possibly Wilby had sued DL for money owed, and Walker had joined him in the suit or was Wilby's legal representative.
Funds and Trusts £160 External Messrs. Hammersley & Co. Trusts
Loan Repayments (as Debtor) £20 External Mr. G. for Wallis & for 22nd.
Renters' Shares £20 External Mr. Watkins Renter
Total £441 10s 1d