Saturday 28 March 1801

Plays

Performances
A New Way to Pay Old Debts, Paul and Virginia
Event Type
Benefit
Revenue
£460 6s
Available Revenue
53%
Capacity
100%
Beneficiary(ies)
William Thomas Lewis
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Charge
Free
Additional Charge
N/A
Notes
Principal characters in A New Way to Pay Old Debts: Sir Giles Overreach, Mr Cooke; Wellborn, Mr Lewis; Lady Allworth, Miss Chapman
Principal characters in Paul and Virginia: Paul, Mr Incledon; Virginia, Mrs H Johnston
End of the play, "Black Ey'd Susan" by Mr Incledon

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £325 6s £320 4s 6d £0 £5 1s 6d £0
Beneficiaries
Tickets Amount Box Pit Gallery Total
William Thomas Lewis £135 430 20 16 466
Total £460 6s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Employees (Other) £291 3s 8d Internal Paid 4 Nights Sals [payroll entries here aggregated]
Authorial Payments (Other) £250 External Paid Mr. Colman on Acco of the Poor Gentleman
Authorial Payments (Other) £150 External Paid Mr. Poppendick for the use of Mr. Kotzebeau in full for Plays, Translation's &c &c
Accounting and Payment Issues £112 6s 8d External Paid Mr. John Ashly overcharge of Oratorio as [per] Contra £525 was received from Ashley over six instalments between 28 February and 26 March. Then on the receipts page under 28 March was recorded, "Recd. of Mr. John Ashly at Sundry times on Account", £525, followed by an itemisation of his bill: "Recd. for Charge of the House 300. Recd. for Tallow Candles 4. 3. 4 Recd. for Oil 44. Recd for Sperm Candles 64. 10.", totalling £412 13s 4d; then that sum subtracted from the £525, giving the £112 6s 8d here paid back to Ashley as an expense.
Books, Paper and Stationery £67 9s External Paid Mr. Gorge Longman / Stationer / in full last Season
Musicians (Band) £38 5s 4d Internal Music 21s. 23d 24th. & 26th. Ins
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £36 13s 5d Departmental Mr. Sloper for Scene Men
Supernumeraries £24 18s Internal Supernums
House Servants (Other) £15 8s 4d Internal Mr. Brandon for Chare Women & Servants
Wardrobe (Other) £12 17s 2d Departmental Mrs. Egan for Women Dressers & Bills
Musicians (Other) £12 Internal Extra Music
Production Design (Other) £9 2s 4d Departmental Mr. Creswell for Carpenters &c
Wardrobe (Other) £9 17s 8d Departmental Wardrobe
Tailoring £8 4s 4d Departmental Paid Mr. Dick to 27th. Ins
Singers £7 Internal Chorus Singers
Scene Painters £5 5s Internal Mr. Phillips
Production Design (Other) £5 5s Internal Mr. Creswell
Production Design (Other) £5 17s 6d Departmental Mr. Goostree Do [for Carpenters &c]
Scene Painters £4 4s Internal Mr. Lupino
Scene Painters £3 Internal Mr. Hollagan
Properties £2 12s 8d Departmental Properties Do [21s. 23d 24th. & 26th. Ins]
Christmas Boxes £2 7s External Paid Christmas Box to the Porters of the Inns of Court
Scene Painters £1 Internal Mr. Hodgins
Scene Painters £1 10s Internal Mr. Thomas
Total £1,076 7s 1d