Wednesday 27 November 1799

Plays

Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£416 4s 6d
Available Revenue
65%
Capacity
68%

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 £416 4s 6d £328 6d £87 12s 12s £0 Headcount for first account: Box (576); Pit (637); F. Gall (348); and U. Gall. (179). Headcount for latter account: Box (511); Pit (18); F. Gall (142); and U. Gall (84).
Box   £172 16s £76 13s
Pit   £111 9s 6d £1 16s
First Gallery   £34 16s £7 2s
Upper Gallery   £8 19s £2 1s
Total £416 4s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Actors £31 10s Internal Mr. Kemble Saly.
Employees (Other) £10 Internal Dale on Accot. of Salys. Dale's list of payees sometimes included performers, hence its categorisation here as "Employees (Other)" rather than "House Servants (Other)".
Singers £6 Internal Mr. Sedgwick Saly.
Supernumeraries £14 5s Internal Supers by Thompson
Mantuamaking £12 Departmental Miss Rein for a Dress for Mrs. Siddons in Pizarro
Production Design (Other) £4 4s Departmental Johnston on Accot.
Scene Painters £5 5s Internal Mr. Capon Painter
Lighting (Other) £20 External Mr. Glossop Lighting
Printing £6 6s External Mrs. Lowndes Printer
Leases (Ground and Buildings) £60 External His Grace the D. of Bedford
Brokerage 10s 6d External Dias Broker's Man A Mr Sharp, "Dias Broker's Man", was regularly paid 10s 6d this season.
Insurance £71 15s External Mr. Westley's Life Insurance
Law £5 5s External Mr. Wright Replevying Bond at the Suit of Chicheley
Loan Repayments (as Debtor) £15 External Mr. Barford on Accot. of £50. Lent
Renters' Shares £10 10s External Mr. Jennings Atty. for Spencer Mr Spencer was probably the heir or executor of Mrs Mary Spencer, who had owned a 1775 rental share. He seems to have claimed arrears from Drury Lane, and been paid regular sums over 1798-1800 as a result.
Renters' Shares £60 External Wilson Broker for Forth (O. R)
Total £332 10s 6d