Saturday 9 December 1797

Plays

Performances
The Tempest, Who's the Dupe?, Masque of Neptune and Amphitrite
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£142 7s 6d
Available Revenue
40%
Capacity
23%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Notes
Mainpiece: With Additions from Dryden
The Musick by Purcell and Dr Arne, and the new Airs and Chorusses by the late Mr Linley Jun

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £142 7s 6d £79 17s 6d £60 10s £2 £0
Total £142 7s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Employees (Other) £563 6s Internal 6 Days Salaries at £93. 17. 8
Funds and Trusts £550 External Messrs. Hammersley & Co. to Trusts
Renters' Shares £40 6s External Sr. Willliam Cheere O. Renter 2 last Seasons & Intst.
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £26 Departmental Cheyne on Acct. of Carps.
Lamplighters £7 4s Internal Lampmen
Oil £7 6s 7d External Morris Oil
Production Design (Other) £6 Internal Johnstone Salary
Production Design (Other) £6 Departmental Do. [Johnstone] on Acct. of his Workmen
Tailoring £4 Departmental Gay Taylor on Account
Annuities £4 4s External Mr. Lacey Presumably a payment on Willoughby Lacey's annuity. BD vol. 9, pp. 108-10 states that, from 1804-05 through 1808-09 Lacey was paid £6 6s. per week as part of "an agreement that he was to receive one guinea from every performance. He also was paid periodically on his annuity but, as was usual with Sheridan, those payments frequently were in arrears"; and that Sheridan paid the second Mrs Lacey "18 guineas due on her husband's annuity" in 1804. However, frequent multiple-guinea payments (sometimes £6 6s) to a "Mr. Lacey" appear in the Drury Lane account books from the 1797-98 season onwards. This suggests that the £6 6s payments made between 1804-05 and 1808-09 in fact fell into a longer-running series of annuity payments.
Scene Painters £3 3s Internal Mr. Tom Greenwood
Employees (Other) £2 10s 6d Internal Constant Sals.
Scene Painters £2 2s Internal Chalmers Assistt Painter
Bill Distribution £1 16s Internal Billstickers
Messengers and Porters £1 4s Internal Appleby Salary
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £1 1s Internal Jacobs on Acct. by Mr. Sheridan's Order
Tailoring £1 16s Internal Do. [Gay] Salary
Mantuamaking £1 9s Departmental Mantua's Women
Wardrobe (Other) £1 10s Internal Phillimore
Laundry and Dyeing 19s 3d Departmental Washing Bills
Messengers and Porters 18s Internal Chatterley Salary
Clothing Purchase (Other) 10s External A Bill for making Ruffs
Wardrobe (Other) 15s Internal Smith
Security 17s 6d Internal Soldiers
Total £1,234 17s 10d