The People - Richard Wroughton

Name Variants
  • Mr Wroughton
Gender
Man
Start
1748 (b.)
End
07 Feb 1822 (d.)
Country of Birth
England
Locality
Bath
Bio
BD Vol. 16: 297-305
Links
Notes
Richard Wroughton is the "Young Gentleman" listed in the bills on 24 October 1768

Activities (3 Results)

Theatre Activity
Covent Garden Actor
Drury Lane Acting manager, Actor

Benefits (Employee/Tickets) (13 Results)

Date Theatre Title Mainpiece Title After Piece(s) Door receipts Tickets Total Charges Ticket Count Type
04 May 1769 Covent Garden The Fair Penitent The Royal Chace; or, Merlin's Cave £60 3s £5 11s £65 14s £31 10s 29 T
20 Apr 1771 Covent Garden Barbarossa The Deuce is in Him, Corsican Sailor's Punch House Unknown Unknown Unknown - Unknown
07 May 1772 Covent Garden Timanthes Mother Shipton £86 2s 6d £31 £117 2s 6d £64 5s 156
04 May 1773 Covent Garden Julius Caesar The Upholsterer; or, What News?, The Irish Lilt £96 10s £27 8s £123 18s £64 5s 132
06 Apr 1774 Covent Garden The Tragedy of Jane Shore The Citizen, The Parting Lovers [True Blue] £102 5s 6d £43 4s £145 9s 6d £64 5s 218
27 Mar 1779 Covent Garden The Tragedy of Jane Shore Midas, The Burgomaster Unknown Unknown Unknown - Unknown
03 Apr 1780 Covent Garden A Woman is a Riddle The Parting Lovers [True Blue], Poor Vulcan!, Dance of Sailors £127 16s £27 5s £155 1s £105 130
03 Apr 1781 Covent Garden The Belle's Stratagem Fete, Tom Thumb £213 19s 6d £63 2s £277 1s 6d £105 295
02 Apr 1782 Covent Garden A New Way to Pay Old Debts Tom Thumb, The Gala, Allemande, Cotillons, Grand Figure, Minuet, Quadrille £119 7s £31 15s £151 2s £105 153
08 Apr 1783 Covent Garden Which is the Man? The Shamrock; or, The Anniversary of St Patrick, The Merry Sailors £148 16s £49 1s £197 17s £105 243
29 Mar 1784 Covent Garden All in the Wrong The Rival Knights, The Maid of the Oaks £167 6d £95 18s £262 18s 6d £105 438
04 Apr 1786 Covent Garden Mahomet the Impostor The Two Misers; or, The Mufti's Ghost, The Piping Pedlar £170 10s £58 2s £228 12s £105 269
23 Mar 1790 Drury Lane The Country Girl The Romp, Treble Hornpipe, Poor Jack!; Or, the Sweet Little Cherub £156 9s 6d £93 1s £249 10s 6d £115 9s 7d Unknown
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Money paid (to theatre) (7 Results)

Date Theatre Amount Notes

Money received (from theatre) (406 Results)

Date Theatre Amount Entry Notes
03 Jun 1809 Drury Lane £18 18s Mr Wroughton Certain aspects of the account book's layout suggest a payment date of 4 June, but 3 June seems likelier. A dedicated "Ratio" section at the end of this account book shows that this payment had been subject to a 25% salary deduction.
10 Jun 1809 Drury Lane £22 1s Mr Wroughton A dedicated "Ratio" section at the end of this account book shows that this payment had been subject to a 25% salary deduction.
10 Jun 1809 Drury Lane £2 8s 8d Mr Wroughton Letters & Sundry small Charges A dedicated "Petty Incidents" section at the end of this account book records this payment as "Mr Wroughton Letters &c &c".
10 Jun 1809 Drury Lane 2s 6d Treadway by Do [Mr. Wroughton's] Do [Order] The dittos potentially refer to more of the preceding payment than specified here. It reads, "Apothecary attending Alex Johnstone in the Treasury by Mr. Wroughton's Order". A dedicated "Petty Incidents" section at the end of this account book also associates the two payments together, combining them into "Apothecary & Treadway".
19 Jun 1809 Drury Lane £5 3s Mr. Wroughton has paid for Bad Money The account book ceases to record dates after 19 June 1809, which, although probably not the correct date for most of the ensuing payments, has here been supplied as a stopgap.
19 Jun 1809 Drury Lane £16 16s Mr Wroughton Listed under "Four Days Salaries Paid to". The account book ceases to record dates after 19 June 1809, which, although probably not the correct date for most of the ensuing payments, has here been supplied as a stopgap.