Tuesday 23 April 1799

Plays

Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£288 19s
Available Revenue
46%
Capacity
47%

Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A

Notes
Mainpiece: Prologue Epilogue by the author

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £288 19s £224 18s 6d £63 9s 11s 6d £0
Total £288 19s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Singers £10 Internal Chorus
Supernumeraries £21 13s 6d Internal Supernums. Morng. & Eveng.
Musicians (Other) £21 13s 6d Internal D. of Gloster's Band
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £16 Departmental Carpenters
Production Design (Other) £6 Internal Johnstone
Lighting (Other) £20 External Glossop
Newspaper Advertisements £50 External Mr Walter Times Bill of Exchange Payment amount appears in an "Old Debt" column, which has its own running total, separate from this season's main running total. The "Old Debt" running total disappears after 20 June 1799, though "Old Debt" payments continue to be made thereafter and are not added to the main running total.
Printing £4 4s External Mrs. Lowndes
Law £5 5s External Mr. Shaw Attorney There are a number of payments to Mr. Shaw recorded in the 1797-98 season, in which an outstanding £100 bill and the word "Attorney" are often mentioned, but never in the same entry. It has been presumed here that all of these payments relate to each other, Shaw being an attorney who was owed £100. However, there were other Shaws working at or with Drury Lane around this time, including Thomas Shaw, musician and leader of the band, who accumulated huge arrears of unpaid salary; so perhaps Thomas Shaw was the man involved in some or all of the payments in question. Militating against this latter suggestion is the fact that a £100 bill seems relatively small fare compared to arrears that apparently, by 31 July 1808, ran to £7983 (BD, vol. 13, p. 297). The attorney named Shaw was mentioned numerous times in subsequent seasons" account books, either as the recipient of or intermediary for certain payments, often but not always connected with musicians. Payment amount appears in an "Old Debt" column, which has its own running total, separate from this season's main running total. The "Old Debt" running total disappears after 20 June 1799, though "Old Debt" payments continue to be made thereafter and are not added to the main running total.
Renters' Shares £45 9s 6d External Mrs. Windus O. R. two Shares & Expences Payment amount appears in an "Old Debt" column, which has its own running total, separate from this season's main running total. The "Old Debt" running total disappears after 20 June 1799, though "Old Debt" payments continue to be made thereafter and are not added to the main running total.
Total £200 5s 6d