Saturday 1 December 1804

Plays

Performances
Barbarossa, The Horse and the Widow
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£636 3s 6d
Available Revenue
68%
Capacity
138%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Notes
Principal characters in Barbarossa: Achmet, Master Betty (his 1st appearance in London); Barbarossa, Mr Margrave; Othman, Mr Murray; Sadi, Mr Cresswell; Aladin, Mr Cory; Zaphira, Mrs Litchfield; Irene, Mrs H Siddons; Semira, Mrs Gaudry
Before the play, Mr C Kemble will speak an occasional address

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £636 3s 6d £626 9s 6d £0 £9 14s £0
Total £636 3s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Employees (Other) £484 Internal Paid 6 Nights Sals [payroll entries here aggregated]
House Servants (Other) £19 16s Internal Mr. Brandon for Chare Women & Ss
Singers £14 Internal Chorus Singers
Supernumeraries £19 15s 6d Internal Supernums
Musicians (Band) £63 1s Internal Music 6 Nights
Musicians (Other) £6 12s 6d Internal Extra Music
Clothing Material (Decorations) £6 19s External Paid Messrs. Presbury / Silversmiths / for last Season Messieurs Presbury were typically called jewellers in trade directories and account books, and never silversmiths except here. Hence this payment has been categorised as covering jewellery and/or silver ornaments worn by performers. The discrepancy stems from the overlap in terms: R. Campbell, The London Tradesman (1747), p. 142 described jewllers as persons employed by goldsmiths/silversmiths, and as a trade "connected with that of the Goldsmith [/silversmith]; who differs only in this, that the one is employed in large Works, and the other only in Toys and Jewels".
Tailoring £17 11s 8d Departmental Paid Mr. Dick to 30th. Novr
Wardrobe (Other) £18 3d Departmental Wardrobe
Wardrobe (Other) £28 1s Departmental Mrs. Egan for Women Dressers & S
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £42 3s 6d Departmental Mr. Sloper for Carpenters &c
Production Design (Other) £18 1s 8d Departmental Mr. J. Goostree for Carpenters &c
Production Design (Other) £6 13s 6d Departmental Mr. S. Goostree Do [for Carpenters &c]
Properties £1 7s 7d Departmental Properties Do [6 Nights]
Scene Painters £1 10s Internal Mr. Hodgins
Scene Painters £4 Internal Mr. Whitmore
Scene Painters £4 Internal Mr. Hollagan
Scene Painters £6 Internal Mr. Phillips
Cotton £4 16s External Paid Mr. Graham for Cotton for the Lamps
Total £766 9s 2d