Thursday 6 February 1800

Plays

Performances
Rule a Wife and Have a Wife, Lodoiska
Event Type
Command Performance
Revenue
£591 19s
Available Revenue
79%
Capacity
97%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
Unknown
Requested by
N/A
Comment
By Command of Their Majesties
Towards the conclusion of afterpiece Miss DeCamp fell with Kelly while in the act of running down the stage her head striking with so much violence against the boards that she fainted away having received a severe contusion that necessitated surgery

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £591 19s £525 13s 6d £63 5s 6d £3 £0 Headcount for first account: Box (1077), plus Free Box (312); Pit (741), plus Free Pit (26); F. Gall (583), plus Free F. Gall (10); and U. Gall. (292). Headcount for latter account: Box (397), plus Free Box (48); Pit (16), plus Free Pit (4); F. Gall (24); and U. Gall (37).
Box   £323 2s £59 11s
Pit   £129 13s 6d £1 12s
First Gallery   £58 6s £1 4s
Upper Gallery   £14 12s 18s 6d
Total £591 19s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Actors £63 Internal Mrs: Siddons
Actors £42 Internal Mr. Kemble Salary
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers 2s Internal Mr. Portal for One Gallery Check
House Servants (Other) £5 5s Internal Miss Doyle on Acct. of Salary
Singers £100 Internal Mr. Buxton for Siga. Storace
Weaponry £5 External Mr. Hatton Sword Cutler on Acct
Lighting (Other) £20 External Mr. Glossop
Metals £5 External Jackson Smith on Acct.
Oil £10 External Thomas Atty. for Morris Oilman
Printing £6 6s External Mrs: Lowndes Printer
Royal Attendants £2 2s External Duke of York's Servants Xtmas Box
Law £7 External Mr. Burgess for Harvey's Action Expens.
Renters' Shares £26 12s 6d External Messrs: Wallis Ford & Hammersley for a Renter for last Year (Angerstein)
Total £292 7s 6d