Tuesday 7 January 1800

Plays

Performances
Pizarro, The Lying Valet
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£456 4s 6d
Available Revenue
69%
Capacity
75%
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 £456 4s 6d £410 8s £44 7s 6d £1 9s £0 Headcount for first account: Box (728); Pit (682); F. Gall (575); and U. Gall. (503). Headcount for latter account: Box (282); Pit (14); F. Gall (5); and U. Gall (17).
Box   £218 8s £42 6s
Pit   £119 7s £1 8s
First Gallery   £57 10s 5s
Upper Gallery   £15 3s 8s 6d
Total £456 4s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Loan Repayments (as Debtor) £880 External Mr Sheridan repaid Cash by Mr Fosbrook's Acceptance Lent for Old Renters
Funds and Trusts £200 External Messrs. Wallis Ford & Hammersely Listed under "To the Bankers appropriated as under", the relevant entries totalling £373 12s 6d.
Housekeeping £101 19s 6d Departmental Mr. Fosbrook for Properties & Mrs: Fosbrook Salary Drury Lane normally in 1775-81, and sometimes in 1781-1802, included its properties bills (and perhaps some painters’ bills) in its housekeepers' bills, without distinguishing the amount paid on each. Something similar appears to have happened on this occasion. The relevant payments have been categorised “Housekeeping”, because the properties and painters evidently fell in the housekeepers’ remit in such cases, in both conceptual and practical terms. But note that properties and scene painters (if such they were) belong rather in “Properties, Scenes and Machines”.
Leases (Ground and Buildings) £100 External To his Grace the D. of Bedford Listed under "To the Bankers appropriated as under", the relevant entries totalling £373 12s 6d.
Renters' Shares £70 External Messrs. Drewe & Hammersley Listed under "To the Bankers appropriated as under", the relevant entries totalling £373 12s 6d.
Actors £63 Internal Mrs. Siddons
Law £20 External Mr. Shaw Atty. off Bill of Exchange
Musicians (Other) £12 4s Internal Duke of Glosters Band
Renters' Shares £10 10s External Do. [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 £10 10s External Mr. Jennings 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.
Singers £10 Internal Mrs. Bland on Acct. of Arrears
Supernumeraries £10 Internal Military in Pizarro
Scene Painters £6 6s Internal Powell Caudron [?] on Acct. of Pantomine Presumably an attempt to write Cordell Powell's name.
Musicians (Trumpets) £6 Internal Thompson Extra Trumpets
Funerals £5 5s External The Proprietors Gift to Bury Mr. Middleton
Weaponry £5 External Hatton Sword Cutler
Musicians (Side Drums) £4 10s Internal Wallis Side Drums
Treasurers £3 12s 6d Internal Peake's Acct. SP4 [?] (Incit.) Listed under "To the Bankers appropriated as under", the relevant entries totalling £373 12s 6d.
Total £1,518 17s