Event Comment: Benefit for
Miss Macklin. Part of Pit will be laid into
the Boxes. Come as early as possible to avoid confusion. Charges #64 10s. Balance to Miss Macklin #79 18s., plus #146 from Tickets (584 Box & Pit at one price of 5s. each); Paid
Mr Monk #2 12s. 6d. for mending
the Owl & a new Spring (Account Book). [
The bonus value of
the benefit to an actor or member of
the company staff may be seen when one considers that Miss Macklin's regular salary was #7 per week, or about #28 per month. On this one benefit performance she made a profit in book value equal to her previous eight month's salary. Book value because
the Account Book records, for
the tickets which she delivered, only
the face value of 5s. each. It is probable that many a wealthy
theatre-goer gave her on this occasion, by way of appreciation for
the pleasure of her performances, much more than
the face value of
the ticket.] Receipts: #144 8s
Performances
Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice
Afterpiece Title: Love a-la-Mode
Dance: IV: The Whim, as17691123; End: A Minuet-Fishar, Miss Macklin