Event Comment: Benefit for
Master Mattocks and
Mlle L'Contri. Paid Salary List #296 10s. 6d.;
Mrs Hobson a bill 3s. (Treasurer's Book). [
The George Garrick Treasurer's Book breaks off at this point. It records for 165 nights, a total income of #17,296 9s. as against a total outlay of #12,055 14s. 5d. Cross, who jots down receipts in round figures, and is almost always high, indicates
the income from
the 164th to
the 174th and last night to be #1,446, but since all except one night (11 May) were benefits,
the theatre probably received only about #800 (At #63 per benefit). Total income for this season is estimated to be,
therefore, #18,096 9s. It is difficult to estimate end of season expenditures. At least #789 10s. 6d. went out in
the three final pay days of
the season and probably ano
ther #500 went out in bills before
the books were closed at Midsummer. From this it appears that
the profits to
the managers that year came to about #4,600.] This day is Publish'd
The Actor at 3s. In One Volume (dedicated to
the Managers of
the British Theatre. A treatise on
the art of playing, interspersed with
theatrical anecdotes, critical remarks on plays and occasional observations on audiences Printed for
R. Griffiths (
General Advertiser). Receipts: #120 (
Cross). [Income
missing from Treasurer's Book.