Tuesday 14 January 1800

Plays

Performances
Pizarro, The Liar
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£529 5s
Available Revenue
69%
Capacity
87%
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 £529 5s £494 7s £33 6s £1 12s £0 Headcount for first account: Box (1003), plus Free Box (400); Pit (688), plus Free Pit (17); F. Gall (574), plus Free F. Gall (14); and U. Gall. (313). Headcount for latter account: Box (208), plus Free Box (32); Pit (15), plus Free Pit (2); F. Gall (9); and U. Gall (6).
Box   £300 18s £31 4s
Pit   £120 8s £1 10s
First Gallery   £57 8s 9s
Upper Gallery   £15 13s 3s
Total £529 5s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Leases (Ground and Buildings) £100 External His Grace the Duke of Bedford
Funds and Trusts £100 External Messrs. Wallis Ford & Hammersley
Benefit Payments £44 13s 10d External Mr. & Mrs. Hamilt on 1/5th. Part of £223. 9. 6 the Produce of Tickets sold by Mr. Fosbrook for Mr. Palmers Children The benefit was a charitable one, but it is unclear who these Hamiltons were. The theatre regularly donated Easter offerings to Dr Hamilton, and twice on 16 April 1799 seemed to employ an intermediary (probably a lawyer) named Hamilton.
Actors £42 Internal Mr. Kemble Salary
Unknown £40 Unknown Mr. Sadler on Acct.
Renters' Shares £40 External Mr. Lopez O R Season 1796/7
Clothing Material (Silk) £33 7s External Mr. Bourne Silk Mercer on Acct.
Singers £25 Internal Mrs: Bland on Account of Arrears
Actors £16 Internal Mr. King Do. [Salary]
Supernumeraries £15 Internal Military in Pizarro
Musicians (Other) £15 15s 6d Internal The Duke of Glosters Band
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £13 10s Departmental The Carpenters by Cheyne
Oil £10 External Mr. Morris Oilman by Thomas Atty.
Supernumeraries £10 13s Internal Supernumeraries by Thompson
Renters' Shares £10 10s External Mr. Ogden Do [by Jennings] 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. Spencer by Jennings Atty 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.
Turnery £10 External Askwith Turner on Acct.
Printing £7 External Mrs: Lowndes
Scene Painters £5 5s Internal Mr. Pugh Painter on Acct.
Artificial Flowers £5 External Mr. Huggins Artificial Flowers
Law £3 5s 6d External Mr. Faunblane for Brief to Oppose Mr. Franco
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £2 Internal Mr. Jacobs Carpenter Salary
Books, Paper and Stationery 5s External Receipt Stamps
Books, Paper and Stationery 10s External A Journal
Total £560 4s 10d