Thursday 24 November 1808

Plays

Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£406 9s 6d
Available Revenue
60%
Capacity
88%

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 £406 9s 6d £403 8s 6d £0 £3 1s £0
Total £406 9s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Actors £300 Internal Mrs. Siddons on Acct
Poor Rate £85 8s 4d External Half a Yr Poor Rate to Michtmas
Artificial Flowers £65 19s External Mr. Huggins for Flowers on Acct of do [last Season]
Dance Choreography £60 Internal Mr: Farley on Acct of Salary Presumed to be Charles Farley's salary as a dance choreographer and deviser of pantomimes, as his acting salary seems to have been covered by his payments as part of the weekly payroll.
Newspaper Advertisements £32 External Stamps to Morning Chronicle last Season
Bill Distribution £10 4s Departmental Mr: Doe Black Bills for last Season
Heating Apparatus and Implements £6 6s External Mr. Wilmer for Stove [?] Covent Garden often paid a shoemaker named Wilmer, but, although the writing is not entirely clear here, the word looks far more like "Stove" than "Shoes" (or even "Shose"), and the amont paid was significantly lower than CG ever paid Wilmer the shoemaker elsewhere.
Play Licences £2 2s External Licenses for The School for Authors
Total £561 19s 4d