Saturday 24 October 1795

Plays

Performances
First Love, The Children in the Wood
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£286 8s 6d
Available Revenue
56%
Capacity
47%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £286 8s 6d £219 13s 6d £65 3s £1 12s £0
Total £286 8s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Funds and Trusts £500 External Messrs. Hammersley's & Co. for Trust Acct. 5 Days at £100 Pr. dm. making £2,100
Employees (Other) £452 15s Internal 5 Days Salaries at £90. 11: 0 Pr. dm.
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £42 17s 10d Departmental Cheyne for Carps. Bill to this day
Singers £42 Internal Signora Storace 4 Nights
Actors £31 10s Internal Mrs. Siddons
Actors £17 Internal Miss Farren Salary
Scene Painters £11 1s 6d Internal Do. [Maranari's] Bill for Assistants
Scene Painters £10 10s Internal Maranari's Salary
Bill Distribution £10 4s Internal Billstickers Bill from begining of Season
Actors £10 10s Internal Mrs. Jordan One Do. [Night]
Tailoring £8 9s 10d Departmental Taylors Bill
Lamplighters £6 16s Internal Lampmens Bill
Actors £5 Internal Mr. Stewart
Performers (Other) £5 Internal Mr. Dubois on Acct. of Salary he says to begin 13th.
Employees (Other) £5 13s 6d Internal Dales Const. Salaries Dale's list of payees sometimes included performers, hence its categorisation here as "Employees (Other)" rather than "House Servants (Other)".
Production Design (Other) £5 Internal Johnstone Mr. on Account of Salary
Production Design (Other) £5 15s 3d Departmental Do. [Johnstone Mr.] Bill
Music Copyists £3 5s Internal Shucart Mr. for Music Copyg.
Scene Painters £3 3s Internal Demeria's Salary
Mantuamaking £2 8s 6d Departmental Mantua's Bill
Singers £2 Internal Rhodes Mr. to compleat Salary 12 Days
Tailoring £1 16s Internal Do. [Taylors] Salary
Upkeep and Refurbishments (Other) £1 12s External Brown for Lime
Messengers and Porters £1 4s Internal Chatterley's Bill for Messages
House Servants (Other) £1 17s 6d Internal Costain 15 Days not on List
Dancers £1 10d Internal Briggs Mrs. 5 "5" refers to days not on list.
Performers (Other) £1 10d Internal Barratt Mrs. 5 "5" refers to days not on list.
Dancers £1 10d Internal Haskey Mrs. 5 "5" refers to days not on list.
Employees (Other) £1 10d Internal Brookes Miss Do. [not on List 5 Days]
Messengers and Porters 18s Internal Do. [Appleby's] Salary
Messengers and Porters 16s Internal Appleby's Bill
Employees (Other) 16s 8d Internal Keys Mr. 5 "5" refers to days not on list. Perhaps Simon Keys the dancer and minor actor, but the salary given for him in BD vol. 8, p. 431 - £1 5s per week in 1796 - does not fit well with this payment. Perhaps Mr Keys the box office keeper, who BD on the same page suggests was at Covent Garden in 1791 but had moved to Drury Lane as a house servant by 1800.
Dancers 16s 8d Internal Roffi 5 Days not on List
Music Copyists 15s 4d Internal Sleyack Music Copying
Dancers 16s 8d Internal Wells Do. [not on List] 5 Do. [Days]
Actors 6s 8d Internal Mr. Banks not on List two Days Possibly W. Banks, whose salary, according to BD vol 1, p. 258, was £1 per week (or 3s 4d per day); but BD states that W. Banks's first performance came on 18 January 1796. Alternatively, it may be Thomas Banks; but BD vol. 1, pp. 256-7, states that Thomas Banks's salary as a performer (as distinct from his work as a scene painter) gained him a £3 per week salary "through 1795-96", and that it was only in the 1796-97 season that his salary dropped to £1. Hence if this payment was to Thomas, BD is mistaken, and his salary had already dropped to £1 per week by the 1795-96 season.
Total £1,196 18s 3d