Saturday 7 December 1799

Plays

Performances
The East Indian, The Prize; or, 2, 5, 3, 8
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£200 13s 6d
Available Revenue
57%
Capacity
33%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Notes
Mainpiece: Matthew Gregory Lewis also the author of Prologue and Epilogue
The Epilogue was spoken by Bannister Jun in the character of Queen Elizabeth, who ascends from a trap in the Middle of the stage and who is supposed to have obtained the permission of Pluto to revisit her kingdom in order to witness the representation of the East Indian

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £200 13s 6d £131 11s £67 9s 6d £1 13s £0 Headcount for first account: Box (229); Pit (262); F. Gall (124); and U. Gall. (92). Headcount for latter account: Box (364); Pit (78); F. Gall (67); and U. Gall (69).
Box   £68 14s £54 12s
Pit   £45 17s £7 16s
First Gallery   £12 8s £3 7s
Upper Gallery   £4 12s £1 14s 6d
Total £200 13s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Actors £7 Internal Do. [Mr. Aickin] Saly. as Actor
Actors £2 10s Internal Miss Heard
Actors £8 Internal Mr. R. Palmer
Actors £1 10s Internal Mr. Wentworth
Actors £1 Internal Miss Tidswell
Actors £1 10s Internal Mrs. Cuyler
Actors £1 10s Internal Mr. Sparkes
Actors £1 10s Internal Mrs. Do. [Sparkes]
Actors £5 Internal Mrs. Walcot
Actors £8 Internal Mrs. Powell
Actors £7 Internal Mr. Wewitzer
Actors £3 Internal Mr. Archer
Actors £7 Internal Mr. Dowton
Actors £1 10s Internal Mr. Fisher
Actors £2 Internal Mr. Maddocks
Actors £1 10s Internal Mrs. Maddocks
Actors £1 10s Internal Mr. Chippendale
Actors £1 Internal Mrs. Benson
Actors £2 Internal Mr. Surmont
Actors £1 Internal Mr. Ryder
Actors £4 Internal Mr. Caulfield
Actors £2 2s Internal Mr. Banister Senr.
Actors £2 Internal Mr. De Camp
Actors £6 Internal Mr. Raymond
Actors £1 Internal Mrs. Jones
Actors £3 Internal Mr. Holland
Actors £11 Internal Miss Pope
Actors £4 Internal Miss Stuart
Actors £8 Internal Miss Biggs
Actors £5 Internal Mr. Cory
Actors £9 Internal Mr. C. Kemble
Actors £12 Internal Mr. Suett
Actors £8 Internal Mr. Powell
Actors £5 Internal Miss Mellon
Actors £17 Internal Mr. Bannister Junr.
Actors £3 Internal Miss Campbell Listed under "By Dale".
Actors £4 Internal Mr. Hollingsworth Listed under "By Dale".
Actors £5 Internal Mr. Packer Listed under "By Dale".
Actors £3 Internal Mr. Trueman Listed under "By Dale".
Actors £7 Internal Mr. Wathen Listed under "By Dale".
Actors £1 5s Internal Mr. Webb Listed under "By Dale".
Actors £10 Internal Mr. Barrymore on Accot. of Saly.
Actors £31 10s Internal Mrs. Siddons Saly.
Cleaners 12s Internal Mr. Donnelly Sweeper
Dancers £1 Internal Miss Drake
Dancers £2 Internal Mr. Roffey
Dancers £1 10s Internal Mrs. Do. [Roffey]
Dancers £1 Internal Miss B. Menage
Dancers £2 10s Internal Mr. Grimaldi
Dancers £8 5s Internal Messrs. Banks, Garman, Gurion, Bezand, Goodman, Wells, Whitmell, Johnstone Listed under "Dancers".
Dancers £10 Internal Messds. Briggs, Brooker, Byrne, Vining, Drake, Luciett, Riches, Willis Listed under "Dancers".
Dancers £1 5s Internal Mrs. Haskey Saly.
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers £2 Internal Mr. Thompson
House Servants (Other) £1 Internal Mrs. Doyle
House Servants (Other) £1 Internal Miss Do. [Doyle]
House Servants (Other) £1 Internal Mr. Pilsbury
House Servants (Other) £10 9s Internal The Servants &c Listed under "By Dale".
Lamplighters £6 2s Internal Lampmen
Performers (Other) £2 Internal Miss Menage
Performers (Other) £1 Internal Miss Kelly
Performers (Other) £1 5s Internal Mr. Evans
Performers (Other) £9 Internal Miss De Camp Maria Theresa De Camp, who acted, sung and danced.
Prompters £1 16s Internal Mr. Stokes
Prompters £4 Internal Mr. Powell Prompter
Security £4 10s Internal Constables
Security £5 5s Internal Soldiers
Security £1 Internal Mr. Rigge Day Watch
Singers £1 10s Internal Miss Do. [Wentworth]
Singers £1 5s Internal Mr. Danby
Singers £1 Internal Miss Saunders
Singers £1 Internal Miss Jacobs
Singers £1 Internal Mr. Cook
Singers £1 Internal Mrs. Mills
Singers £15 Internal Mr. Kelly & Mrs. Crouch
Singers £1 Internal Mrs. Do. [Chippendale]
Singers £1 Internal Mrs. Coates
Singers £1 Internal Mrs. Gaudry
Singers £1 10s Internal Miss Arne
Singers £3 Internal Mr. Clarke
Singers £10 Internal Mrs. Bland
Singers £4 Internal Miss Stephens
Singers £1 Internal Miss Tirrell
Singers £6 Internal Mr. Sedgwick
Singers £8 Internal Miss Leak
Singers £2 Internal Mr. Welsh
Singers £3 3s Internal Mr. T. Do. [Welsh]
Singers £15 Internal Mr. Kelly Mrs. Crouch
Singers £1 5s Internal Mrs. Butler Listed under "By Dale".
Singers £1 10s Internal Mr. Danby Listed under "By Dale".
Singers £1 5s Internal Mr. Reynoldson Listed under "By Dale".
Stage Managers £5 Internal Mr. Aickin Depy. Manager
Stage Managers £3 Internal Do. [Mr. Aickin] Arrears
Treasurers £10 Internal Mr. Peake
Music Copyists £1 5s Internal Mr. Wyber
Music Copyists 10s Internal Do. [Mr. Wyber] Junr.
Musicians (Band) £61 13s Internal Orchestra by Mr. Forster
Musicians (Band) £6 Internal Mr. Shaw Listed under "By Dale".
Laundry and Dyeing £1 6s 1d Internal Mrs. Booth Washing Bills
Hair, Beards and Wigs £1 4s Internal Mr. Brady
Mantuamaking £1 7s 6d Departmental Mantua makers Bill "Mantua makers" written once but appying to this and another entry.
Mantuamaking £1 16s Departmental Mantua makers Women "Mantua makers" written once but appying to this and another entry.
Tailoring £1 16s Internal Gay Taylor Saly.
Tailoring £8 Departmental Mr. Gay Taylor on Accot.
Wardrobe (Other) £1 10s Internal Mrs. Linley
Wardrobe (Other) 15s Internal Mrs. Smith Wardrobe
Wardrobe (Other) £1 Internal Phillimore
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £7 7s Departmental Carpenters by Jacobs last week
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £30 Departmental Carpenters by Cheyne on Accot.
Production Design (Other) £8 8s Departmental Mr. Johnston on Accot.
Scene Painters £4 4s Internal Mr. Greenwood
Scene Painters £3 Internal Mr. Banks
Weaponry £2 13s External Mr. Hatton, Sword Cutler
Candles (Tallow) £5 External Mr. Rablus Tallow Chandler
Lighting (Other) £20 External Mr. Glossop Lighting
Bill Distribution £1 16s Internal Bill Stickers
Printing £6 6s External Mrs. Lowndes Printer
Management £37 16s Internal Board of Managemt. Saly
Leases (Ground and Buildings) £90 External His Grace the Duke of Bedford
Books, Paper and Stationery 1s External Letter Paper
Messengers and Porters 15s Internal Robt. Chatterly
Messengers and Porters £1 4s Internal Appleby Messenger
Messengers and Porters £1 4s Internal Chatterly Messenger
Miscellaneous 9s 4d External Mr. Downs for Charcoal & Knives
Annuities £6 6s External Mr. Lacy Listed under "By Dale". 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.
Brokerage 10s 6d External Man A Mr Sharp, "Dias Broker's Man", was regularly paid 10s 6d this season.
Renters' Shares £10 10s External Mr. Ogden 1st. Paymt. The Ogden family, usually William Ogden, had been paid for a number of renters' shares in the 1789-94 seasons.
Authorial Payments (Other) £40 External Mr. Lewis Author on Accot.
Tinworkers £1 11s 6d Internal Mr. Tuck Tinman
Total £773 17s 11d