Saturday 14 December 1799

Plays

Performances
The East Indian, The Deserter
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£164 1s
Available Revenue
46%
Capacity
27%
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 £164 1s £93 7s 6d £66 9s 6d £4 4s £0 Headcount for first account: Box (148); Pit (187); F. Gall (125); and U. Gall. (75). Headcount for latter account: Box (336); Pit (78); F. Gall (111); and U. Gall (109).
Box   £44 8s £50 8s
Pit   £32 14s 6d £7 16s
First Gallery   £12 10s £5 11s
Upper Gallery   £3 15s £2 14s 6d
Total £164 1s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Funds and Trusts £240 External Messrs. Wallis Ford & Hammersley
Unknown £78 3s Unknown Mr. Pittman on Accot. of Bill of Exchange
Musicians (Band) £61 13s Internal Orchestra by Mr. Forster
Management £37 16s Internal Board of Management Saly.
Actors £31 10s Internal Mrs. Siddons Saly.
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £30 Departmental Carpenters by Cheyne
House Servants (Other) £30 9s Internal The Servants, Office Keeps. &c Listed under "By Dale".
Renters' Shares £21 External Mr. Jennings for Ogden The Ogden family, usually William Ogden, had been paid for a number of renters' shares in the 1789-94 seasons.
Renters' Shares £21 6s External Mr. Dawson O. Renter
Actors £16 Internal Mr. King
Singers £15 Internal Mr. Kelly Mrs. Crouch
Tailoring £14 5s Departmental Gay Taylors Bill on Accot.
Actors £12 Internal Mr. Suett
Actors £11 Internal Miss Pope
Singers £10 Internal Mrs. Bland
Treasurers £10 Internal Mr. Peake
Dancers £10 Internal Messds. Brooker, Byrne, Briggs, Luciet, Drake, Vining, Riches, Willis Listed under "Dancers".
Actors £9 Internal Mr. C. Kemble
Performers (Other) £9 Internal Miss De Camp Maria Theresa De Camp, who acted, sung and danced.
Taxes (Other) £9 16s External Do. [Mr. Jackson] to compleat a Bill for Taxes
Actors £8 Internal Mr. R. Palmer
Actors £8 Internal Mr. Powell
Actors £8 Internal Mrs. Powell
Actors £8 Internal Miss Biggs
Dancers £8 5s Internal Messrs. Garman, Gurion, Bezand, Johnston, Wells Whitmell, Goodman, Banks Listed under "Dancers". Two amounts listed against this entry: £8 and £0 5s 0d.
Printing £8 External Mrs. Lowndes Printer
Renters' Shares £8 External Mr. Franco Presumably a payment to Francis or Jacob Franco, each of whom had been renters and executors of Raphael Franco. The latter had himself been a renter and had owned, or had a financial interest in, some part of Willoughby Lacy's former moiety of the Drury Lane theatrical property. (See the MS "Observations on the Title to the Ben Johnsons head. 24th July 1812 Copy sent to Mr Burgess", London Metropolitan Archive, E/BER/CG/E/08/09/006). On 1 November 1790 Drury Lane paid Jacob and Francis "to withdraw their Chancery Suit", but three payments across the 1799-1801 seasons attest to continuing (or new?) legal trouble with a Mr Franco, and a Mr Franco was paid £50 once in 1798-99"s Old Debt column, then numerous sums ranging from £4 to £20 throughout the 1799-1800 season, for no specified reason. It is here presumed that the large out-of-court settlement had related to the broader ownership of the theatrical property, whereas the later, smaller payments related to renters' shares. However, it may not have been the same Franco (or his executors) involved each time. There is also an alternative possibility: a Mr Franco was paid for "Horse hire" on 31 October 1797, and it may have been he who was paid the £50 and/or the smaller sums throughout 1799-1800, or who took legal action against the theatre at the end of the 1790s (though surely not on 1 November 1790).
Actors £7 Internal Do. [Mr. Aickin] Saly. as Actor
Actors £7 Internal Mr. Wewitzer
Actors £7 Internal Mr. Dowton
Actors £7 Internal Mr. Wathen Listed under "By Dale".
Actors £6 Internal Miss Humphries
Actors £6 Internal Mr. Raymond
Singers £6 Internal Mr. Sedgwick
Actors £6 Internal Mr. Talbot 1st. Paymt.
Musicians (Other) £6 2s Internal Duke of Glo'ster's Band by Blayney
Production Design (Other) £6 Internal Mr. Johnsone
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £6 1s Departmental Mr. Jackson for Jacobs's Carpenters
Lamplighters £6 10s 6d Internal Lampmen
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.
Musicians (Band) £6 Internal Mr. Shaw Listed under "By Dale".
Stage Managers £5 Internal Mr. Aickin Depy. Manager
Actors £5 Internal Mrs. Walcot
Actors £5 Internal Mr. Cory
Actors £5 Internal Miss Mellon
Security £5 5s Internal Soldiers
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £5 5s Departmental Jacobs's Carpenters by Mr. Jackson
Actors £5 Internal Mr. Packer Listed under "By Dale".
Actors £4 Internal Mr. Caulfield
Singers £4 Internal Miss Stephens
Prompters £4 Internal Mr. Powell Prompter
Actors £4 Internal Miss Stuart
Singers £4 Internal Mr. Dignum & 1 prior
Security £4 10s Internal Constables
Scene Painters £4 4s Internal Mr. Greenwood
Singers £4 Internal Mr. Dignum one prior week
Production Design (Other) £4 Departmental Mr. Johnston
Actors £4 Internal Mr. Hollingsworth Listed under "By Dale".
Stage Managers £3 Internal Do. [Mr. Aickin] Arrears
Singers £3 3s Internal Mr. T. Welsh
Actors £3 Internal Mr. Holland
Actors £3 Internal Mr. Archer
Singers £3 Internal Mr. Clarke
Scene Painters £3 Internal Mr. Banks
Weaponry £3 3s External Mr. Hatton Sword Cutler
House Servants (Other) £3 3s Internal Mr. Potts Hall Keeper on Accot.
Actors £3 Internal Miss Campbell Listed under "By Dale".
Actors £3 Internal Mr. Trueman Listed under "By Dale".
Actors £2 10s Internal Miss Tidswell
Singers £2 Internal Mr. Welsh
Actors £2 10s Internal Miss Heard
Actors £2 2s Internal Mr. Bannister Senr.
Actors £2 Internal Mr. Maddocks
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers £2 Internal Mr. Thompson
Dancers £2 Internal Miss B. Menage
Actors £2 Internal Mr. Surmont
Dancers £2 Internal Mr. Roffey
Dancers £2 10s Internal Mr. Grimaldi
Actors £2 Internal Mr. De Camp
Mantuamaking £2 2s Departmental Mantua makers Bill "Mantua makers" written once but appying to this and another entry.
Actors £1 10s Internal Mrs. Cuyler
Singers £1 5s Internal Mr. Danby
Singers £1 Internal Miss Saunders
Singers £1 Internal Miss Jacobs
Dancers £1 5s Internal Mrs. Haskey
Actors £1 10s Internal Mr. Wentworth
Singers £1 10s Internal Miss Wentworth
Actors £1 10s Internal Mrs. Maddocks
Performers (Other) £1 Internal Miss Menage
Actors £1 10s Internal Mr. Sparkes
Actors £1 10s Internal Mrs. Do. [Sparkes]
Actors £1 10s Internal Mr. Chippendale
Singers £1 Internal Mrs. Do. [Chippendale]
Actors £1 Internal Mrs. Jones
Prompters £1 16s Internal Mr. Stokes
Singers £1 Internal Mrs. Mills
House Servants (Other) £1 Internal Mrs. Doyle
House Servants (Other) £1 Internal Miss Do. [Doyle]
Singers £1 Internal Mrs. Coates
Actors £1 Internal Mrs. Benson
Singers £1 Internal Mrs. Gaudry
Performers (Other) £1 Internal Miss Kelly
Singers £1 10s Internal Miss Arne
Wardrobe (Other) £1 10s Internal Mrs. Linley
Performers (Other) £1 5s Internal Mr. Evans
Singers £1 Internal Miss Tirrell
Actors £1 10s Internal Mr. Fisher
House Servants (Other) £1 Internal Mr. Pilsbury
Dancers £1 10s Internal Mrs. Do. [Roffey]
Dancers £1 Internal Miss Drake
Actors £1 Internal Mr. Ryder
Singers £1 Internal Mr. Cooke
Hair, Beards and Wigs £1 4s Internal Mr. Brady
Music Copyists £1 5s Internal Wyber Music Copyist
Treasurers £1 10s Internal Mr. Dunn & last week
Tinworkers £1 11s 6d Internal Mr. Tuck Tinman
Laundry and Dyeing £1 19s 3d Internal Mrs. Booth Washing Bills
Wardrobe (Other) £1 Internal Phillimore
Messengers and Porters £1 4s Internal Mr. Chatterly Messenger
Security £1 Internal Mr. Rigge Day Watch
Bill Distribution £1 16s Internal Bill Stickers by Ball
Tailoring £1 16s Internal Gay Taylor Saly.
Treasurers £1 10s Internal Mr. Dunn last week
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".
Actors £1 5s Internal Mr. Webb Listed under "By Dale".
Messengers and Porters 15s Internal Robt. Chatterly
Music Copyists 10s Internal Do. [Wyber] Junr.
Cleaners 12s Internal Mr. Donnelly Sweeper
Wardrobe (Other) 15s Internal Mrs. Smith Wardrobe
Mantuamaking 14s Departmental Mantua makers Women "Mantua makers" written once but appying to this and another entry.
Bill Distribution 6s Internal Do. [Bill Stickers] Extra
Books, Paper and Stationery 1s External Stamps
Total £1,019 4s 3d