Event Comment: Benefit for one
Monett master of ye
French Comedians (Cross). [174th and positively the last night.] Receipts: #120 (
Cross). Account of Disbursements made by Mr Monnet for his Stage, as well in Ready Money as in Notes of Hand. @Names of Actors and Actresses Their Contracts with Mr Monnet Paid in Money Paid in Notes Whole sum of the Expence, as well in Money as in Notes@
Desormes #227 7s. 6d. #65 17s. 9d. #131 5s. #197 2s. 9d.@
Mauly &
Hamond #301 8s. 9d. #175 #63 #238@
Bureau #257 8s. 7d. #122 11s. 3d. #52 10s. #175 1s. 3d.@
Toscano #289 7s. 10d. #123 16s. 7d. #66 1s. 3d. #189 7s. 10d.@
Durancy and Wife #361 17s. 1d. #147 7s. #210 #357 7s.@
Parant #218 15s. #108 10s. 10d. .... #108 10s. 10d.@
Terodat #52 10s. #39 2s. .... #39 2s.@
Kelly #30 18s. #30 18s. .... #30 18s.@
Villiers #32 15s. #32 15s. .... #32 15s.@
Chateauneuf #43 15s. #15 17s. .... #15 17s.@
Dujoncel #36 15s. #24 13s. 6d. #12 1s. 6d. #36 15s.@
Champville #87 10s. #52 10s. .... #52 10s.@
StAmand #78 15s. #26 5s. #17 10s. #43 15s.@Totals #1,919 2s. 9d. #965 4s. 3d. #552 7s. 9d.@ @Other Expences@For the Play-House's Rent #110@For the Stage's Taylor #35 14s.@For the Expences of Four Representations acted #65 12s. 6d.@For the traveling Expences of Mr Monnet, and his Residence of twenty Months at London or Paris and the Expences for the Custom-House, Law, Prison #328 12s. 8d.@Whole Sum of the Expence #2,157 1s.@ @RECEIPTS@For Fifty-six Subscriptions, at Five Guineas each #294@Received from Four Representations acted at the Little Theatre in the
Hay-Market #188 18s. 4d.@From a Subscription, by
Mr Arthur, Master of
White's Chocolate-House #367 10s.@Whole Sum of the Receipts #850 8s. 4d. @ Therefore the Expence exceeds the Money received by #1,306 12s. 8d. which Mr Monnet is entirely out of Pocket, besides two Years and a half of his Time spent for it. N.B. The Contracts are all made for Livres Turnois, and this Account is made upon a Calculation of 3 Livres Tournois for 31 1!2d. Sterling.--And the Contracts and Receipts are ready to be produced. [This account is by courtesy of
Miss Sybil Rosenfeld from a photostat of the original (which is printed in both
French and
English) in the Bibliotheque National. See also
British Magazine, August 1750, p. 322.