Tuesday 10 April 1798

Plays

Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£436 10s 6d
Available Revenue
76%
Capacity
72%

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 £436 10s 6d £374 6d £60 6d £2 9s 6d £0
Total £436 10s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Authorial Payments (Other) £40 External Mr. Coleman on Acct. for Blue Beard
Oil £31 10s External Mr. Glossop for Oil as Pr. Bill
Actors £30 Internal Mrs. Siddons Liquidation
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £25 15s 6d Departmental Cheyne for Carpenters Passion Week
Actors £20 Internal Mrs. Siddons
Unknown £20 Unknown Moore Liquidation One or more Moores supplied various metals to Drury Lane 1787-1807, but it is unclear whether this was the same person.
Musicians (Other) £18 Internal D. of Gloster's Band 3. Nights
Printing £15 External Mrs. Lowndes Printer
Supernumeraries £13 14s Internal Supernumeraries to 22. March
Lighting (Other) £12 External Mr. Glossop Sperm
Turnery £12 12s External Pryer for Pryer Liquidation
Candles (Tallow) £10 External Mr. Rablus Tallow Chandler
Housekeeping £5 8s 3d Departmental Mrs. Fosbrook for Towels, Rubbers, &c
Loan Repayments (as Debtor) £2 10s 11d External Discount of Hartsinck & Mitchell's Bills Hartsinck, Hutchinson & Co. were bankers, apparently employed to deal with old renters, but seemingly also having their own claim to arrears due from the theatre. R Cary Michell owned a 1789 rental share, but the "Mitchell" name here was likelier to be Mithcell the coal merchant, who received many payments of arrears around this time.
Security £2 11s 4d Internal Carr Watchman in full
Singers £2 2s Internal Mrs. Mills for Arrears
Treasurers 10s 6d Internal Mr. Dunn on Acct.
Security 17s 6d Internal Soldiers
Total £262 12s