Saturday 1 February 1800

Plays

Performances
The Castle Spectre, Of Age Tomorrow
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£264 17s
Available Revenue
61%
Capacity
43%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Notes
In mainpiece, the playbill retains Miss Biggs as Angela but On account of the sudden indisposition of Miss Biggs, Miss Heard will perform the part of Angela and hopes for the usual indulgence of the audience
Afterpiece: based on Der Wildfang by August Ferdinand Friedrich von Kotzebue
Prologue by Miles Peter Andrews
The Overture and Musick composed by Kelly, with one selection from Paisiello

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £264 17s £139 8s 6d £122 17s £2 11s 6d £0 Headcount for first account: Box (191), plus Free Box (343); Pit (333), plus Free Pit (59); F. Gall (176), plus Free F. Gall (57); and U. Gall. (125). Headcount for latter account: Box (569), plus Free Box (164); Pit (215), plus Free Pit (17); F. Gall (252); and U. Gall (136).
Box   £57 6s £85 7s
Pit   £58 5s 6d £21 10s
First Gallery   £17 12s £12 12s
Upper Gallery   £6 5s £3 8s
Total £264 17s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Construction £280 External Mr: Harvey Bricklayer
Musicians (Band) £51 7s 6d Internal The Orchestra by Mr. Foster
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £35 Departmental The Carpenters by Cheyne
House Servants (Other) £33 10d Internal The Servants &c Listed under "Paid by Dale".
Management £31 10s Internal Board of Management
Singers £25 Internal Mr. Kelly Mrs: Crouch
Lighting (Other) £20 External Mr. Glossop
Actors £14 3s 4d Internal Mr. Bannister
Tailoring £11 Departmental Mr. Gay Taylor on Acct.
Actors £10 Internal Mr. Suett
Singers £8 6s 8d Internal Mrs: Bland
Treasurers £8 6s 8d Internal Mr. Peake
Dancers £8 6s 8d Internal Messds: Brooker. Briggs Byrne Luciett Vining Riches Drake & Willis Listed under "Dancers".
Production Design (Other) £8 Departmental Mr. Johnstone on Acct.
Actors £7 10s Internal Mr. C Kemble
Performers (Other) £7 10s Internal Miss Decamp Maria Theresa De Camp, who acted, sung and danced.
Actors £7 Internal Mr. Wathen Listed under "Paid by Dale".
Singers £6 13s 4d Internal Miss Leak
Actors £6 13s 4d External Mr. Powell
Actors £6 13s 4d Internal Mr. Palmer
Actors £6 13s 4d External Mrs: Powell
Actors £6 13s 4d Internal Miss Biggs
Musicians (Band) £6 Internal Mr. Shaw Listed under "Paid by Dale".
Dancers £6 17s 6d Internal Messrs: Banks, Gorman Gurion Bezand Wells Whitmill Goodman & Johnston Listed under "Dancers".
Lamplighters £6 4s 6d Internal Lampmen
Stage Managers £5 Internal Mr. Aickin Deputy Manger
Stage Managers £5 16s 8d Internal Do. [Mr. Aickin] Salary
Actors £5 Internal Miss Humphries
Actors £5 16s 8d Internal Mr. Wewitzer
Singers £5 Internal Mr. Sedgwick
Actors £5 Internal Mr. Raymond
Actors £5 16s 8d Internal Mr. Dowton
Annuities £5 5s External Mr. Lacey Listed under "Paid 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.
Actors £5 Internal Mr. Packer Listed under "Paid by Dale".
Actors £5 Internal Mr Barrymore on Acct.
Printing £5 5s External Mrs: Lowndes Printer
Actors £5 Internal Mr. Barrymore on Acct.
Actors £4 3s 4d Internal Mrs: Walcott
Actors £4 3s 4d Internal Mr. Corey
Security £4 7s 6d Internal The Soldiers
Actors £4 3s 4d Internal Miss Mellon
Scene Painters £4 4s Internal Mr. Greenwood Do. [Painter]
Singers £4 5s Internal Master Maddacks 17 Nights in Pizarro
Security £4 10s Internal Constables one Prior Week
Mantuamaking £4 14s 9d Departmental Mantua "Mantua" written once but applying to this and another entry.
Singers £4 Internal Mr. Dignum Salary
Singers £3 6s 8d Internal Miss Stephens
Security £3 15s Internal The Constables
Actors £3 6s 8d Internal Mr. Caulfield
Actors £3 6s 8d Internal Miss Stuart
Prompters £3 6s 8d Internal Mr. Powell Prompter
Actors £3 Internal Miss Campbell Listed under "Paid by Dale".
Actors £3 6s 8d Internal Mr. Hollingsworth Listed under "Paid by Dale".
Actors £3 Internal Mr. Trueman Listed under "Paid by Dale".
Scene Painters £3 Internal Mr. Banks Painter
Scene Painters £3 3s Internal Mr. Clark Do. [Painter]
Actors £3 Internal Mr. Holland one Weeks Salary
Stage Managers £2 10s Internal Do. [Mr. Aickin] Arrears
Actors £2 1s 8d Internal Miss Heard
Singers £2 12s 6d Internal Mr. T Welsh
Actors £2 1s 8d Internal Miss Tidswell
Dancers £2 1s 8d Internal Mr. Grimaldi
Actors £2 10s Internal Mr. Holland
Actors £2 10s Internal Mr Archer
Singers £2 10s Internal Mr. Clark
Mantuamaking £2 5s Departmental Mantua Bill "Mantua" written once but applying to this and another entry.
Laundry and Dyeing £2 17s 1d Internal Mrs: Booth Washing Bill
Actors £1 5s Internal Mr. Wentworth
Singers £1 5s Internal Miss Do. [Wentworth]
Actors £1 13s 4d Internal Mr. Maddacks
Actors £1 5s Internal Mrs: Maddacks
Singers £1 13s 4d Internal Mr. Welsh
Singers £1 5s Internal Miss Arne
Wardrobe (Other) £1 5s Internal Mrs: Linley
Dancers £1 13s 4d Internal B Menage
Actors £1 5s Internal Mrs: Cuyler
Actors £1 5s Internal Mr. Fisher
Hair, Beards and Wigs £1 Internal Mr: Brady
Music Copyists £1 10d Internal Mr. Wyber
Actors £1 13s 4d Internal Mr. Decamp
Singers £1 10d Internal Mr. Danby
Actors £1 5s Internal Mr. Sparks
Actors £1 5s Internal Mrs: Sparks
Dancers £1 10d Internal Mrs: Haskey
Actors £1 15s Internal Mr. Bannister Senr.
Prompters £1 10s Internal Mr. Stokes
Performers (Other) £1 10d Internal Mr Evans
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers £1 13s 4d Internal Mr. Thompson
Dancers £1 13s 4d Internal Mr Roffi
Dancers £1 5s Internal Mrs: Roffi
Actors £1 5s Internal Mr. Chippendale
Actors £1 13s 4d Internal Mr. Surmont
Treasurers £1 5s Internal Mr. Dunn
Singers £1 10d Internal Mrs: Butler Listed under "Paid by Dale".
Singers £1 5s Internal Mr. Danby Listed under "Paid by Dale".
Singers £1 10d Internal Mr. Reynoldson Listed under "Paid by Dale".
Actors £1 10d Internal Mr. Webb Listed under "Paid by Dale".
Tinworkers £1 11s 6d Internal Tuck Tinman
Messengers and Porters £1 4s Internal Appleby Messenger
Cleaners £1 4s Internal Donnally Sweeper two Weeks
Wardrobe (Other) £1 Internal Phillimore Mens Wardrobe
Messengers and Porters £1 4s Internal Chatterley Messenger
Security £1 Internal Mr. Rigge Watchman
Bill Distribution £1 16s Internal Billstickers
Tailoring £1 16s Internal Mr. Gay Salary
Employees (Other) £1 1s Internal Mrs: Cummerford Arrears BD vol. 3, p. 434 suggests this may have been a loan to the wife of Henry Comerford, actor (though not at Drury Lane), and the mother of Mr Comerford, prompter's assistant at Drury Lane c. 1789-94. It is not apparent why she would have been owed arrears, especially as the theatre had previously loaned her money; perhaps she was collecting arrears due her son.
House Servants (Other) 16s 8d Internal Mr. Pilsbury
House Servants (Other) 16s 8d Internal Mrs: Doyle
House Servants (Other) 16s 8d Internal Miss Doyle
Singers 16s 8d Internal Mr. Cook
Dancers 16s 8d Internal Miss Drake
Performers (Other) 16s 8d Internal Miss Kelly
Performers (Other) 16s 8d Internal Miss Menage
Singers 16s 8d Internal Miss Jacobs
Singers 16s 8d Internal Miss Saunders
Singers 16s 8d Internal Mrs: Coates
Singers 16s 8d Internal Mrs: Gaudry
Actors 16s 8d Internal Mrs: Benson
Singers 16s 8d Internal Mrs: Tirrell
House Servants (Other) 16s 8d Internal Miss Voyer
Actors 16s 8d Internal Mr. Rider
Messengers and Porters 12s 6d Internal Bob Chatterley
Music Copyists 8s 4d Internal Do. [Mr. Wyber] Junr.
Singers 16s 8d Internal Mrs: Mills
Actors 16s 8d Internal Mrs: Jones
Singers 16s 8d Internal Mrs: Do [Chippendale]
House Servants (Other) 3s 4d Internal Mr. Pilsbury one day
Singers 10s 6d Internal Thos. Welsh one day
Wardrobe (Other) 15s Internal Mrs: Smith Wardrbe
Treasurers 5s Internal Mr. Dunn One day
Fireworks 14s 4d External Hunt for Fire Works
Total £849 7s 2d