Saturday 13 May 1809

Plays

Performances
The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Quaker
Event Type
Benefit
Revenue
£295 6s
Available Revenue
68%
Capacity
64%
Beneficiary(ies)
Hill
Catherine M. St. Ledger
Thomas John Dibdin
John Peter Bologna
Mr Shotter
Elizabeth Egan
George Gosling Davenport
Mr Benson
Price
Cox
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Charge
Free
Additional Charge
N/A

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £31 10s £28 5s 6d £0 £3 4s 6d £0
Beneficiaries
Tickets Amount Box Pit Gallery Total
Hill £49 9s 111 76 25 212
Catherine M. St. Ledger £18 4s 6d 44 23 10 77
Thomas John Dibdin £63 12s 125 108 72 305
John Peter Bologna £9 7s 6d 9 21 30 60
Mr Shotter £40 17s 92 58 31 181
Elizabeth Egan £18 14s 6d 48 15 17 80
George Gosling Davenport £51 1s 6d 96 105 39 240
Mr Benson £6 4s 11 12 8 31
Price £4 4s 4 12 9 25
Cox £2 2s 4 4 2 10
Total £295 6s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Employees (Other) £515 10s Internal Paid 6 Nights Sals [payroll entries here aggregated]
Actors £75 13s Internal Paid Mrs. Siddons on Acco
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £68 1s 10d Departmental Do [Mr. Saul for Carpenters &c] for The New Theatre
Musicians (Band) £64 6s Internal Music 6 Nights
Miscellaneous £49 4s 10d External Paid Mr. Flint Sundry Goods for the New Theatre Entry in BL MS Eg. 2307 largely illegible, but reconstituted by reference to similar entries from different dates in the same MS and to the differently-worded entry for the same date in BL MS 29958. Perhaps Mr Thomas [?] Flint the haberdasher.
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £23 6s 6d Departmental Mr. Saul for Carpenters &c
Wardrobe (Other) £19 13s 1d Departmental Miss Egan for Women Dressers & Bills
Supernumeraries £19 4s Internal Supernums
Tailoring £18 3s Departmental Paid Mr. Dick to 12th. Ins
Production Design (Other) £17 16s 10d Departmental Do [Mr. Bradwell for Carpenters &c] for the New Theatre
Wardrobe (Other) £16 17s 3d Departmental Wardrobe
House Servants (Other) £15 11s 6d Internal Mr. Brandon for Chare Women & Sers
Benefit Payments £14 6s 6d Internal Paid Mr. Fawcet his Benefit Ballance
Musicians (Other) £6 4s Internal Extra Music
Scene Painters £6 Internal Mr. Phillips
Scene Painters £5 Internal Mr. Whitmore
Scene Painters £5 5s Internal Mr. Luppino
Scene Painters £4 Internal Mr. Hollagan
Production Design (Other) £4 7s Departmental Mr. Goostree for Carpenters &c
Scene Painters £4 4s Internal Paid Mr. Clarke / Painter / New Theatre Entry in BL MS Eg. 2307 largely illegible, but reconstituted by reference to similar entries from different dates in the same MS and to the differently-worded entry for the same date in BL MS 29958.
Singers £3 5s Internal Chorus Singers
Properties £2 4s 6d Departmental Properties Do [6 Nights]
Charity £2 2s External Paid The Revd. Mr. Embry Lecturer
Charity £2 2s External Paid Contribution to the Charity School
Production Design (Other) £2 Departmental Do [Mr. Goostree for Carpenters &c] for the New Theatre
Scene Painters £1 10s Internal Mr. Hodgins
Production Design (Other) 18s Departmental Mr. Bradwell for Carpenters &c
Total £966 15s 10d