The People - Charles Dignum

Name Variants
  • Mr Dignum
Gender
Man
Start
1765 (b.)
End
29 Mar 1827 (d.)
Country of Birth
England
Locality
Rotherhithe, London
Bio
BD Vol. 4: 416-20
Links
Notes
Charles Dignum is the "Young Gentleman" listed in the bills at Drury Lane on 14 October 1784

Works (3 Results)

Title Year Type Role
The Fight Off Camperdown N/A N/A Composer
The Poor Recruit N/A N/A Composer
Fair Rosale N/A N/A Composer

Activities (2 Results)

Theatre Activity
Drury Lane Actor, Singer

Benefits (Employee/Tickets) (24 Results)

Date Theatre Title Mainpiece Title After Piece(s) Door receipts Tickets Total Charges Ticket Count Type
03 May 1785 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer The Flitch of Bacon, The Mansion of Peace, Awake Aeolean Lyre, Bright Phoebus Has Mounted the Chariot of Day £50 6s 6d £251 13s £301 19s 6d £108 Unknown Sh
05 May 1786 Drury Lane The School for Scandal The Romp, Nancy of the Dale, Bucks of the Field £106 10s £227 8s £333 18s £106 Unknown
18 May 1787 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera Bon Ton; or High Life Above Stairs, Hornpipe, Primroses Deck the Bank's Green Side, Bright Phoebus Has Mounted the Chariot of Day £54 7s 6d £239 6s £293 13s 6d £107 Unknown
08 May 1788 Drury Lane The Heiress Le Matin Midi et le Soir, The Waterman; or, The First of August, The Race Horse £80 16s 6d £163 £243 16s 6d £107 Unknown
28 May 1789 Drury Lane Inkle and Yarico The Divorce, Poor Jack!; Or, the Sweet Little Cherub, Glee on the Happy Recovery of His Majesty £62 17s £191 13s £254 10s £107 Unknown
19 May 1790 Drury Lane Know Your Own Mind Piety in Pattens, The Quaker, The Lass of Richmond Hill, Poor Jack!; Or, the Sweet Little Cherub, The Greenwich Pensioner £40 9s £283 10s £323 19s £105 Unknown
17 May 1791 Drury Lane The Haunted Tower The Citizen, My Poll and My Partner Joe £56 16s Unknown £56 16s £121 Unknown
29 May 1792 Drury Lane She Would and She Would Not The Dupes of Fancy; or, Every Man his Hobby, The Race Horse, Cheerily Merrily, or The Sailors Life At Sea, Sally in Our Alley, The Poor Recruit £96 4s £429 11s £525 15s £173 Unknown
24 May 1793 Drury Lane Twelfth Night The Mariners, The Lucky Escape, Or The Ploughboy's Return from Sea, Fair Rosale, Primroses Deck the Bank's Green Side £84 18s £425 3s £510 1s £160 Unknown Sh
02 Jun 1795 Drury Lane The Child of Nature The Spoiled Child, No Song No Supper, Within a Mile of Edinburgh, I Never Lov'd Any Dear Mary But You, I That Once was a Ploughman a Sailor Am Now, Sally in Our Alley £172 2s 6d £496 18s £669 6d £222 Unknown
03 Jun 1796 Drury Lane The School for Scandal No Song No Supper, A Musical Olio, The Little Waist, The Sailor's Journal £148 10s 6d Unknown £148 10s 6d £214 Unknown
08 Jun 1797 Drury Lane The Country Girl The Purse; or, Benevolent Tar, The Wandering Jew; or Loves Masquerade, Sweet Lillies of the Valley, Sally in Our Alley, The Sailor's Journal, The Town and Country £119 10s 6d £464 17s £584 7s 6d £223 Unknown
08 Jun 1798 Drury Lane The Child of Nature The Critic, The Shipwreck, I Never Lov'd Any Dear Mary But You, The Fight Off Camperdown, The Town and Country £110 9s 6d £532 8s 6d £642 18s £220 Unknown
17 May 1799 Drury Lane As You Like It No Song No Supper, Sweet Lillies of the Valley, My Friend is the Man I'd Copy Through Life £135 3s £578 6s £713 9s £212 Unknown
04 Jun 1800 Drury Lane The Haunted Tower The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphosed £147 4s 6d £486 2s 6d £633 7s £217 Unknown
06 Jun 1801 Drury Lane The Country Girl The Scotch Ghost; or, Little Fanny's Love, The Quaker £97 11s £509 1s £606 12s £213 Unknown
15 Jun 1802 Drury Lane The Way to Keep Him Rosina £93 15s £484 13s £578 8s £220 Unknown
07 Jun 1803 Drury Lane Unknown Drama The Stranger, The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphosed, Lovely Woman Governs All, Kathlane Macree £136 5s Unknown £136 5s £219 Unknown
04 Jun 1804 Drury Lane Unknown Drama The Rivals, A Hundred to One; or, The Odds against Bonaparte, Kathlane Macree, The Fight Off Camperdown, The True Lover's Knot, Midas £70 10s 6d Unknown £70 10s 6d £222 Unknown
12 Jun 1805 Drury Lane Unknown Drama All in the Wrong, No Song No Supper £56 19s 6d £553 6s £610 5s 6d £219 Unknown
04 Jun 1806 Drury Lane Unknown Drama The Siege of Belgrade, Amor fraterno, My Heart With Love is Beating, The Wedding Day, All on Hobbies, Lovely Woman Governs All, The Great Nation; Or, We'll Stand By Our King! £114 3s £597 7s 6d £711 10s 6d £212 Unknown
09 Jun 1807 Drury Lane Unknown Drama The West Indian, The Sprig of Shillelagh and Shamrock So Green, Ballet, A House to be Sold, The Tough Wooden Walls of Old England, In Search of a Wife, The Race Horse £118 13s £217 18s £336 11s £203 Unknown
09 Jun 1808 Drury Lane Unknown Drama The Soldier's Daughter, In Search of a Wife, The New School, Long Time I've Courted You, Miss, But Now I'm Come from Sea, The Poor Soldier £87 9s 6d £500 9s 6d £587 19s £216 Unknown
06 Jun 1809 Drury Lane Unknown Drama The School for Scandal, Blue Devils, The Weathercock £69 10s 6d £289 12s 6d £359 3s £148 Unknown
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Money paid (to theatre) (29 Results)

Date Theatre Amount Notes
30 May 1785 Drury Lane £58 9s 4d Messrs Dignum & Wilson Deficy in full
18 Feb 1786 Drury Lane 5s Do. [Forfeit] Dignum
08 Jun 1786 Drury Lane 8s 8d Mr Dignum Benefit Deficy in full
11 Jun 1787 Drury Lane £53 7s 8d Dignum Do. [in full]
10 Jul 1788 Drury Lane £26 12s 9d Dignum Mr Do. [in full]
13 Jun 1789 Drury Lane £44 11s 6d Dignum Mr Do. [Deficiency] Do. in full
07 Jun 1790 Drury Lane £65 7s Dignum Mr in full
11 Jun 1791 Drury Lane £35 17s Dignum Mr by Cash on Acct [presumably benefit deficiency]
11 Jun 1791 Drury Lane £28 13s 4d Mr Dignum in full by Stops
17 Jun 1792 Drury Lane £77 2s 10d Dignums Defic.y in full

Money received (from theatre) (359 Results)

Date Theatre Amount Entry Notes
29 Oct 1784 Drury Lane £20 Mr. Dignum Pr. Mr. Linley
01 Mar 1785 Drury Lane £50 Mr. Dignum on Acct.
04 Jun 1785 Drury Lane £50 Mr. Dignum in full
16 Jun 1792 Drury Lane £2 Mr. Greenwood Charged in Dignums Acct.
23 Apr 1794 Drury Lane £20 Dignum on Acct. Do. [Oratorios]
28 Apr 1794 Drury Lane £17 Dignum in full
16 Jun 1798 Drury Lane £6 Dignum Candles
28 Sep 1799 Drury Lane £3 8d Dignum Listed under "Salaries 5 Days".
05 Oct 1799 Drury Lane £2 Mr. Dignum
02 Nov 1799 Drury Lane £8 Mr. Dignum 12 days Saly