The People - Maria Theresa De Camp

Name Variants
  • Miss De Camp
  • Maria Theresa Kemble
  • Mrs Charles Kemble
Gender
Woman
Start
17 Jan 1777 (b.)
End
03 Sep 1838 (d.)
Country of Birth
Austria
Locality
Vienna
Bio
BD Vol. 8: 321-29
Links
Notes
Ambiguity over date of birth

Works (3 Results)

Title Year Type Role
First Faults 1799 Mainpiece Author
Personation; or, Fairly Taken In 1805 Afterpiece Author
The Day After the Wedding; or A Wife's First Lesson 1808 Afterpiece Author

Activities (6 Results)

Theatre Activity
Covent Garden Actor, Dancer, Singer
Drury Lane Actor, Dancer, Singer

Benefits (Employee/Tickets) (15 Results)

Date Theatre Title Mainpiece Title After Piece(s) Door receipts Tickets Total Charges Ticket Count Type
07 Jun 1788 Drury Lane A Trip to Scarborough Richard Coeur de Lion [Burgoyne] £130 4s £39 5s £169 9s Unknown Unknown T
20 May 1791 Drury Lane The Suspicious Husband The Deserter, La Fete Marine, La Cossaque et Le Pas Russe £41 14s Unknown £41 14s £108 Unknown Sh
01 Jun 1793 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer The Mariners £32 2s £150 1s £182 3s £86 Unknown Sh
01 Jun 1797 Drury Lane She Would and She Would Not Sylvester Daggerwood, The Critic £204 14s 6d £172 10s 6d £377 5s £221 Unknown
30 May 1798 Drury Lane The Italian Monk The Follies of a Day; or, The Marriage of Figaro, Blue Beard; or, Female Curiosity! £215 2s 6d £222 8s £437 10s 6d £232 Unknown
03 May 1799 Drury Lane First Faults Catherine and Petruchio, Minuet de la Cour £243 4s £204 4s £447 8s £211 Unknown
23 May 1800 Drury Lane The Haunted Tower The Sultan; or A Peep into the Seraglio, The Blue Bell of Scotland £236 8s £203 3s 6d £439 11s 6d £217 Unknown
27 May 1801 Drury Lane The Pirates Dr. Last's Examination before the College of Physicians, The Follies of a Day; or, The Marriage of Figaro £233 4s £205 10s 6d £438 14s 6d £205 Unknown
01 Jun 1802 Drury Lane Unknown Drama The Pannel, Rosina, The Festival of Bacchus, Catherine and Petruchio £498 5s £205 6d £703 5s 6d £270 Unknown
13 May 1803 Drury Lane Unknown Drama The Siege of Belgrade, The Citizen £183 7s Unknown £183 7s £212 Unknown
07 May 1804 Drury Lane Unknown Drama Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper, The London Hermit; or, Rambles in Dorsetshire, The Caravan; or, The Driver and his Dog £226 6s £175 8s £401 14s £223 Unknown
13 May 1805 Drury Lane Unknown Drama All in the Wrong, Personation; or, Fairly Taken In, The Castle of Sorrento £328 7s 6d £165 6s £493 13s 6d £222 Unknown
19 May 1806 Drury Lane Unknown Drama The Haunted Tower, The Weathercock £193 1s 6d £158 14s £351 15s 6d £214 Unknown
26 May 1807 Covent Garden Unknown Drama Hamlet, Paul and Virginia £271 8s £134 17s £406 5s Unknown 502 Sh
09 May 1809 Covent Garden Unknown Drama The Wonder: A Woman Keeps a Secret, The Blind Boy £131 10s £67 9s 6d £198 19s 6d Unknown 253 Sh
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Money paid (to theatre) (6 Results)

Date Theatre Amount Notes
10 Jul 1788 Drury Lane £14 5s Decamp Miss Do. [in full]
07 May 1791 Drury Lane £13 6s 7d Miss Decamp Do. Do. [Defic.y in full]
20 Jun 1798 Drury Lane £17 12s 8d Miss Decamp Defic.y
21 May 1803 Drury Lane £28 16s 3d Miss Decamp's Benefit Do. [Deficiency] in full
20 Jun 1806 Drury Lane £21 1d Miss Decamp
26 May 1809 Covent Garden £28 10s Recd of Mr and Mrs C Kemble Benefit Deficiency

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Money received (from theatre) (258 Results)

Date Theatre Amount Entry Notes
24 May 1794 Drury Lane £15 6s 8d Miss Decamp 23 Days not on List Maria Theresa De Camp, who acted, sung and danced.
21 Dec 1795 Drury Lane £8 6s 8d Miss Decamp to compleat rais'd Salary 50. Days not on List at 3/4 Pr. dm. Relates to a memorandum of 14 November 1795: "Mdm. Miss Decamp on Acct. of her Saly. being taken up at £4. Pr. Week she demandg £5: £20". Maria Theresa De Camp, who acted, sung and danced.
12 May 1796 Drury Lane £1 7s Miss Decamp a Bill for Slippers
16 Jun 1797 Drury Lane £6 6s Miss Decamp's Shoe Bill
16 Jun 1797 Drury Lane £4 18s Do. [Miss Decamp's] Candles on her Night
19 Jan 1798 Drury Lane £10 10s Miss Decamp in part of Gratuity Promised Maria Theresa De Camp, who acted, sung and danced.
31 Mar 1798 Drury Lane £10 10s Miss Decamp part of her Gratuity Maria Theresa De Camp, who acted, sung and danced.
26 May 1798 Drury Lane £5 5s Miss Decamp Maria Theresa De Camp, who acted, sung and danced.
18 Jun 1798 Drury Lane £6 Miss Decamp Candles for Her Benft.
12 Jun 1799 Drury Lane £31 16s 3d Decamp in full of Beneft. Do. [Balance]