The People - Charles Lee Lewes

Name Variants
  • Mr Lewes
Gender
Man
Start
19 Nov 1740 (b.)
End
13 Jul 1803 (d.)
Country of Birth
England
Locality
London
Bio
BD Vol. 9: 269-76
Links
Notes
Ambiguity over benefits: 17710503 may be misassigned. Potential scribal error for 'Lewis'

Works (1 Results)

Title Year Type Role
A Merry Sketch of Folly and Fashion 1790 Afterpiece Author

Activities (2 Results)

Theatre Activity
Covent Garden Actor
Drury Lane Actor

Benefits (Employee/Tickets) (17 Results)

Date Theatre Title Mainpiece Title After Piece(s) Door receipts Tickets Total Charges Ticket Count Type
26 May 1767 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers The Necromancer; or, Harlequin Doctor Faustus, Double Hornpipe, Wapping Landlady £60 7s £144 16s £205 3s £63 1076 Sh
03 May 1768 Covent Garden The Jealous Wife The Royal Chace; or, Merlin's Cave, Wapping Landlady, Double Hornpipe £59 8s 6d £182 3s £241 11s 6d £63 1329 Sh
03 May 1769 Covent Garden King John The Necromancer; or, Harlequin Doctor Faustus, Wapping Landlady, Double Hornpipe £41 4s £169 6s £210 10s £63 1214 Sh
14 May 1770 Covent Garden Richard III The Rape of Proserpine with the Birth and Adventures of Harlequin £77 17s £196 5s £274 2s £64 1102 Sh
03 May 1771 Covent Garden The Busy Body Mother Shipton Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
08 May 1772 Covent Garden All's Well that Ends Well Mother Shipton, Minuet, The Old Ground Young £64 17s 6d £149 18s £214 15s 6d £64 983
07 May 1773 Covent Garden The Tragedy of Lady Jane Grey Harlequin a Sorcerer: With the Loves of Pluto and Proserpine £84 9s £153 18s £238 7s £64 990
28 Apr 1774 Covent Garden She Stoops to Conquer; or The Mistakes of a Night Mother Shipton, The Frolick £99 16s 6d £157 5s £257 1s 6d £64 1013
06 May 1775 Covent Garden The Provoked Husband; or, A Journey to London St Patrick's Day; or, The Scheming Lieutenant, Comic Dance, The Irish Lilt Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
27 Apr 1776 Covent Garden Love for Love The Irish Widow, The Merry Sailors Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
23 Apr 1777 Covent Garden Caractacus The Royal Chace; or, Merlin's Cave £119 15s £163 3s £282 18s £69 946
29 Apr 1778 Covent Garden Know Your Own Mind Mother Shipton £82 16s £122 10s £205 6s £66 683
12 Apr 1779 Covent Garden Illumination; or, The Glaziers' Conspiracy Elfrida, The Touchstone; or, Harlequin Traveller Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
07 Apr 1780 Covent Garden The Wives Revenged Know Your Own Mind, The Touchstone; or, Harlequin Traveller £115 2s 6d £139 18s £255 6d £105 854
20 Apr 1781 Covent Garden The Merchant of Venice Chit Chat; or, The Penance of Polygamy, The Touchstone; or, Harlequin Traveller, Shepherd's Wedding, The Humours of Leixlip; or, A Jaunt to the Salmon-Leap £98 6s 6d £125 7s £223 13s 6d £105 788
09 May 1785 Drury Lane The Clandestine Marriage The Deaf Lover, The Sportsmen's Return £40 12s £103 14s £144 6s £105 Unknown
16 Jul 1790 Covent Garden She Would and She Would Not A Merry Sketch of Folly and Fashion Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
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Money paid (to theatre) (9 Results)

Date Theatre Amount Notes
30 May 1767 Covent Garden £1 14s 4d Recd of Mr. Lelewis do [for his deficiency the 26th Instant]
04 Jun 1768 Covent Garden £2 10s 9d Recd of Mr. Lewes for his Do. [deficiency] the 3d Do. [of May]
04 Jun 1768 Covent Garden £1 5s Recd of Mr. Lewes for the Balance of his Note
28 May 1770 Covent Garden £13 9s 3d Recd of Mr. LeLewes for his deficiency last Season
26 May 1772 Covent Garden £3 4s 6d Recd of Mr. Lee Lewes for his deficiency 8th. Instant
06 Jul 1780 Covent Garden £20 11s 8d Rec'd of Mr Lee Lewes for Oil & Candles burnt on his Night of Lectures on Heads
29 May 1784 Drury Lane £50 Mr Lee Lewis in full for Cash Bor'd of Dr F
09 Oct 1784 Drury Lane 3s Mr Lee Lewis Do. [forfeit] Do. [for Orders]
26 Jun 1803 Covent Garden £12 11s 9d Recd of Mr Lee Lewis for Oil, Sperm Candles

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