boxkeeper

(ˈbɒksˌkiːpə)

(Theatre) an attendant responsible for theatre boxes

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References in periodicals archive ?

'There exists a water-colour by Nixon of the interior, see Mowbray Green's 18th Century Architecture of Bath, and a Boxkeeper's Book remains.

Theatre Notebook: a quarterly of notes and research

The records of Old Bailey proceedings online (OBPO) show that her father worked for Rich as a boxkeeper at the Lincoln's Inn Fields theatre, but was killed in a brawl in June 1720 (OBPO: t17200712-40).

The will of John Rich--probate and problems

The unnamed prompter got just 16s., and the total paid to boxkeepers was [pounds]5.