Saturday 18 May 1799

Plays

Performances
The Inconstant; or, The Way to Win Him, High Life Below Stairs, Mock Minuet
Event Type
Benefit
Revenue
£122 2s 6d
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
N/A
Beneficiary(ies)
Harriet Mellon
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Charge
Unknown
Additional Charge
Unknown
Notes
Tickets to be had of Miss Mellon, No. 17 Little Russell Street, Covent Garden
Miss Mellon to pay a Moiety over £50 total of tickets

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £122 2s 6d £71 17s 6d £48 17s 6d 19s 8s 6d Odd money
Beneficiaries
Tickets Amount Box Pit Gallery Total
Harriet Mellon £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Other Income
Category Amount Notes
Loans received £30 Mr Watkins Lent
Sub Total £30
Total £152 2s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Employees (Other) £512 Internal 5 Days Salaries at £102. 8. 0 Pr. diem
House Servants (Other) 3s 4d Internal Pilsbury
Lamplighters £5 19s 6d Internal Lampmen
Security £1 Internal Rigge Day Watch
Music Copyists £1 1s Internal Wyber on Acct. of Music Copyg
Mantuamaking £3 9s Departmental Mantua
Mantuamaking £1 2s 1d Departmental Mantua former Bill
Tailoring £1 16s Internal Gay Salary
Wardrobe (Other) £2 5s Internal Phillimore & Smith
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £30 Departmental Cheyne Carpenters
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £2 Internal Do [Jacobs] Salary
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £3 6s 9d Departmental Jacobs for his Men
Production Design (Other) £30 Departmental Johnstone On Acct. of Pizarro
Scene Painters £3 13s 6d Internal Greenwood
Scene Painters £3 Internal Banks
Scene Painters £1 5s Internal Francois
Scene Painters 15s 9d Internal Powell
Scene Painters £3 17s Internal Gotini
Scene Painters £8 8s Internal Demeria
Scene Painters £10 10s Internal Maranari
Bill Distribution £6 Internal Billstickers
Printing £5 5s External Lowndes Printer
Management £1 1s Internal Mr. Richardson for Man Hereafter, this season and then again in 1801-02, Richardson the proprietor was recurrently paid in multiple-guinea sums, with the payments normally described only as "Mr. Richardson". However, this payment, and two other payments of 1798-99 described as "Mr. Richardson for", suggest that some at least of these payments may not in fact have gone to Richardson, and that their categorisation here is incorrect.
Messengers and Porters £2 8s Internal Appleby & Chatterley
Tinworkers £1 9s 4d External Tinman's Assistant
Tinworkers £1 11s 6d Internal Tuck Tinman
Total £643 6s 9d