Monday 5 November 1798

Plays

Performances
Lovers' Vows, Three Weeks After Marriage, The Mouth of the Nile
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£303 8s
Available Revenue
56%
Capacity
66%
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 £303 8s £297 3s £0 £6 5s £0
Total £303 8s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Actors £2 Internal Paid Mr. Silvester 2 Weeks Presumed to have been the minor actor and singer of that name, but, on 1 October 1794, Covent Garden had paid a painter at exactly this rate (£2 for two weeks' service). See BD vol. 14, p. 70.
Employees (Other) £1 12s 6d Internal Paid Mr. Saunders 2 Weeks Salary Employee unidentified.
Singers £3 5s Internal Chorus Singers
Singers £15 Internal Paid Mr. Dibdin for 3 Weeks performance Presumed to be Charles Dibdin, singing in some of his own pieces.
Supernumeraries £21 3s Internal Supernums
Musicians (Band) £9 12s 6d Internal Music 2d Ins
Musicians (Other) £4 4s Internal Extra Music
Tailoring £37 9s 3d Departmental Paid Mr. Dick to 3 Ins
Wardrobe (Other) £10 5s 1d Departmental Wardrobe
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £55 1s 5d Departmental Mr. Sloper for Scene Men
Properties 13s 11d Departmental Properties Do [2d Ins]
Scene Painters £1 10s Internal Mr. Thomas
Scene Painters 15s Internal Mr. Hodgins
Scene Painters £2 5s Internal Mr. Hollagan
Scene Painters £3 Internal Mr. Blackmore
Scene Painters £3 3s Internal Paid Mr. Roberts / Painter / one Week
Scene Painters £9 7s 6d Internal Paid Mr. Morris Do [Painter] 25 Days
Scene Painters £3 3s Internal Mr. Lupino
Scene Painters £24 9d Internal Paid Messrs. Bromly / Painters /
Scene Painters £4 4s Internal Mr. Creswell
Scene Painters £5 5s Internal Mr. Phillips
Proprietorial (Other) £10 External Paid Thos. Harris Esqr
Unknown £4 15s Unknown Paid Mr. Creswell for Mr. Franklin &c
Loan Repayments (as Debtor) £62 10s External Paid John Palmer Esqr half a Year's Ints. on £2,500 5 [per] Cents due
Total £294 4s 11d