Saturday 7 October 1797

Plays

Performances
As You Like It, The Chimney Corner
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£368 14s 6d
Available Revenue
100%
Capacity
60%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Notes
On account of the Indisposition of the lady who was to have appeared in the character of Lady Emily, The Heiress advertised on playbill of 5 Oct is deferred till Saturday next
Afterpiece: With new Scenes, Dresses, and Decorations
The Songs, Duetts &c. composed by Kelly; Overture by Shaw
Master Elliot had previously appeared in the oratorios at Covent Garden

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £368 14s 6d £239 10s £127 16s 6d £1 8s £0
Total £368 14s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Actors £25 Internal Mrs. Jordan for this Night
Actors £26 5s Internal Mr. Kemble Liquidation
Employees (Other) £256 12s 6d Internal 3. Days Salaries at £85: 10: 0 Pr. diem
Employees (Other) £2 10s 6d Internal Const. Salaries
Lamplighters £6 16s Internal Lampmen
Security 17s 6d Internal Soldiers
Stage Managers £21 Internal Mr. Wroughton Constant Pay
Mantuamaking £3 Internal Miss Rein Salary
Tailoring £1 16s Internal Gay Taylors Salary
Wardrobe (Other) £1 10s Internal Mrs. Phillimore
Wardrobe (Other) 15s Internal Mrs. Smith Wardrobe
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £20 Departmental Cheyne on Account of Carps.
Production Design (Other) £10 10s Departmental Alex. Johnstone on Account
Scene Painters £2 2s Internal Chalmers Willm. Assistant Painter
Scene Painters £3 3s Internal Thos. Greenwood Salary
Scene Painters £10 10s Internal Mr. Greenwood on Account
Scene Painters £6 6s Internal Mr. Capon 3rd. Payment
Candles (Tallow) £8 15s 8d External Rablus Tallow Chandler to 28th. Septr.
Bill Distribution £1 16s Internal Billstickers
Books, Paper and Stationery 1s 6d External Ruling this Journal
Food and Drink £12 16s 6d External Hudson & Gann's Bill Presumably the same people as the Hodson and Gann recurrently named in the Covent Garden account books, from whom that theatre received rent for the Piazza Coffee House and a vault, and purchased dinners for the band.
Messengers and Porters 18s Internal Chatterley Do [Salary]
Messengers and Porters £1 4s Internal Appleby Salary
Miscellaneous £25 External Mr Williams 2nd. Do. [Payment] John Williams was a button maker, but Drury Lane seems to have bought both buttons and "checks" (i.e. for use as entrance tickets) from him, hence the categorisation here as "Miscellaneous".
Funds and Trusts £110 External Messrs. Hammersley & Co. Transfer'd to Trusts
Renters' Shares £40 External Messrs. Hartsinck & Co. 5th. Payt. Old Renters
Total £599 5s 2d