Saturday 24 March 1804

Plays

Performances
The Will for the Deed, Raising the Wind, The Paragraph
Event Type
Benefit
Revenue
£431 4s
Available Revenue
61%
Capacity
94%
Beneficiary(ies)
William Thomas Lewis
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Charge
Unknown
Additional Charge
Unknown
Notes
Principal characters in The Will for the Deed: Mr Munden, Mr Lewis, Mr Blanchard, Mr Simmons, Mr Fawcett, Mr Emery, Miss Marriott, Mrs Davenport, Miss Leserve
The prologue to be spoken by Mr Brunton, and the epilogue to be chanted by Mr Fawcett
Tickets and places to be had of Mr Lewis, and of Mr Brandon, at the theatre

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £291 1s 6d £287 14s 6d £0 £3 7s £0
Beneficiaries
Tickets Amount Box Pit Gallery Total
William Thomas Lewis £140 2s 6d 437 39 22 498
Other Income
Category Amount Notes
Oratorio rent £48 3s 3d Recd of Mr Ashley for Oil
Oratorio rent £5 16s Recd of Do. [Mr Ashley] for Tallow Candles
Oratorio rent £90 The Charge of the House for Oratorio's 640. Recd of Mr. Ashly at sundry times 550.
Sub Total £143 19s 3d
Total £575 3s 3d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Employees (Other) £315 12s 4d Internal Paid 4 Nights Sals [payroll entries here aggregated]
House Servants (Other) £15 17s 8d Internal Mr. Brandon for Chare Women & Servs
Singers £5 15s Internal Chorus Singers
Supernumeraries £12 18s 10d Internal Supernums
Musicians (Band) £42 8d Internal Music 4 Nights
Musicians (Other) £5 19s Internal Extra Music
Tailoring £23 14s 4d Departmental Paid Mr. Dick to 22d Ins
Wardrobe (Other) £10 12s 10d Departmental Wardrobe
Wardrobe (Other) £31 14s 2d Departmental Mrs. Egan for Women Dressers & Bills
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £48 13s Departmental Mr. Sloper for Carpenters &c
Production Design (Other) £40 19s 8d Departmental Mr. Goostree Do [for Carpenters &c]
Properties £1 Departmental Properties Do [4 Nights]
Scene Painters £6 Internal Mr. Phillips
Scene Painters £4 Internal Mr. Hollagan
Scene Painters £2 10s Internal Mr. Whitmore
Scene Painters £2 Internal Mr. Thomas
Scene Painters £1 10s Internal Mr. Hodgins
Construction £249 2s 6d External Paid Mr. Rust / Bricklayer / in full for last Season
Printing £15 11s 6d External Paid Mr. Spragg for Box Sheets &c Unknown what "Box Sheets" were, but Covent Garden always bought them from printers, hence the categorisation of the relevant payments here as "Printing".
Loans Made (as Creditor) £20 Internal Paid Mr. Emery, Cash advanced him
Total £855 11s 6d