Tuesday 4 February 1800

Plays

Performances
Pizarro, Of Age Tomorrow
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£525 4s
Available Revenue
67%
Capacity
86%

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 £525 4s £467 17s 6d £55 5s £2 1s 6d £0 Headcount for first account: Box (906), plus Free Box (442); Pit (687), plus Free Pit (21); F. Gall (606), plus Free F. Gall (19); and U. Gall. (305). Headcount for latter account: Box (343), plus Free Box (59); Pit (23), plus Free Pit (2); F. Gall (17); and U. Gall (26).
Box   £271 16s £51 9s
Pit   £120 4s 6d £2 6s
First Gallery   £60 12s 17s
Upper Gallery   £15 5s 13s
Total £525 4s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Funds and Trusts £200 External Messrs. Wallis Ford & Hammersley
Leases (Ground and Buildings) £100 External His Grace The Duke of Bedford
Authorial Payments (Other) £50 External Mr. Cumberland
Renters' Shares £43 External Mr. Forth Old Renter in full
Law £31 12s Internal Mr. Burgess Salary
Renters' Shares £20 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).
Renters' Shares £20 External Mr. Snowden Baine O. R. by Mr. J Brandon
Lighting (Other) £20 External Mr. Glossop
Actors £12 Internal Mr. Talbott 2 Weeks Salary
Musicians (Other) £10 11s Internal The Duke of Glosters Band
Scene Painters £10 Internal Mr. Capon Painter
Supernumeraries £10 Internal The Soldiers in Pizarro
Singers £8 15s Internal Westminster Boys in Pizarro
Production Design (Other) £6 Internal Mr. Johnston
Law £6 6s External Mr. Foulkes Atty Expences in Forths Business
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers £5 5s Internal Mr. Gosling Box Keeper
Printing £5 5s External Mrs: Lowndes Printer
Clothing Purchase (Footwear) £2 2s 6d External The Scenemens Shoes
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers £2 2s Internal Murch Door Keeper Salary
Total £562 18s 6d