Saturday 19 May 1798

Plays

Performances
She's Eloped!, An Old Man Taught Wisdom; or, The Virgin Unmasked
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£197 13s
Available Revenue
39%
Capacity
32%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Notes
Mainpiece: Prologue by John Taylor; epilogue by Matthew Gregory Lewis

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £197 13s £140 18s £55 11s £1 4s £0
Other Income
Category Amount Notes
Rent £18 Rent Recd of the Tentant [of a House in Marquis Court. Rented for the use of the Props. by Mr Westley] by Peake [Recorded with expenses. See MSS scan]
Sub Total £18
Total £215 13s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Employees (Other) £557 4s Internal 6 Days Salaries at £92: 17: 4
Employees (Other) £2 10s 6d Internal Constant Salaries
Lamplighters £7 16s Internal Lampmen last Wk.
Security 17s 6d Internal Soldiers
Stage Managers £21 Internal Mr. Wroughton
Treasurers £1 Internal Mr. Dunn
Musicians (Kettle Drums) £5 5s Internal Asbridge
Musicians (Trumpets) £3 Internal Thompson Trumpets
Clothing Material (Other) £4 Departmental Do. [Mantua's] Sundry Goods
Laundry and Dyeing £1 11s Internal Booth Washing Bills
Mantuamaking £3 Internal Rein Salary
Mantuamaking £1 4s Departmental Mantua's Bill
Tailoring £1 16s Internal Do. [Taylors] Salary
Tailoring £3 17s 6d Departmental Taylors Bill
Wardrobe (Other) 15s Internal Smith
Wardrobe (Other) £1 10s Internal Phillimore
Wardrobe (Other) £3 3s Internal Miss Linley
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £40 Departmental Carpenters
Production Design (Other) £6 Internal Johnstone Salary
Scene Painters £2 2s Internal Chalmers
Scene Painters £3 3s Internal Greenwood Junr.
Scene Painters £5 Internal Miss Greenwood
Candles (Tallow) £12 12s External Rablus Tallow Chandler
Bill Distribution £1 16s Internal Billstickers
Printing £15 15s External Printer on Account
Leases (Ground and Buildings) £25 External Paul 1/2 Years Rent of a House in Marquis Court. Rented for the use of the Props. by Mr Westley Offset by "Rent Recd of the Tenant by Peake" of £18, here entered as a receipt.
Benefit Payments £235 5s Internal Mr. King's Benefit Balance
Books, Paper and Stationery 1s 6d External Ink
Messengers and Porters £1 4s Internal Appleby
Messengers and Porters £1 4s Internal Chatterley
Annuities £4 4s External Mr. Lacy 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.
Total £972 16s