Thursday 17 May 1798

Plays

Performances
The Stranger, Blue Beard; or, Female Curiosity!
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£266
Available Revenue
70%
Capacity
44%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Notes
On account of the Indisposition of a principal performer, the new Comedy of She's Eloped advertised on playbill of 16 May is obliged to be deferred till Saturday next

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £266 £192 11s £68 5s £5 4s £0
Total £266

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Actors £31 10s Internal Mrs. Jordan
Dancers £3 15s Internal Johnstone for Madme. Parisot
Security 17s 6d Internal Soldiers
Singers £12 Internal Chorus to 4. May
Singers £30 Internal Mrs. Storace Widow
Canvas £20 External Messrs. Walter & James 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.
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £1 1s Internal Mrs. Jacobs
Benefit Payments £32 1s 2d Internal Madme. Parisot Benefit Balce.
Unknown £79 10s Unknown Mr. Edmunds 2 Dfts. dated 24th. & 31st. A male doorkeeper named "Edmonds" seems to have worked at Drury Lane at this time, but there is no evident reason for identifying him with this recipient.
Loan Repayments (as Debtor) £10 External J G. Liquidation
Total £220 14s 8d