Saturday 24 May 1800

Plays

Performances
Indiscretion, The Follies of a Day; or, The Marriage of Figaro
Event Type
Benefit
Revenue
£189 16s
Available Revenue
41%
Capacity
31%
Beneficiary(ies)
Harriet Mellon
Harriet Mellon
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Charge
Unknown
Additional Charge
Unknown
Comment
Benefit: Miss Mellon, who is named in the Account Book at being allowed £50 of the tickets but not on the playbill

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £128 19s £80 16s £45 9s 6d £2 13s 6d Odd money Headcount for first account: Box (130); Pit (198); F. Gall (62); and U. Gall. (19). Headcount for latter account: Box (242); Pit (64); F. Gall (36); and U. Gall (39).
Box   £39 £36 6s
Pit   £34 13s £6 8s
First Gallery   £6 4s £1 16s
Upper Gallery   19s 19s 6d
Beneficiaries
Tickets Amount Box Pit Gallery Total
Harriet Mellon £50 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Harriet Mellon £10 17s N/A N/A N/A N/A
Total £189 16s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Actors £1 10s Internal Mr. Wentworth
Actors £2 2s Internal Mr. Bannister Senr.
Actors £4 Internal Mr. Caulfield
Actors £4 Internal Miss Stuart
Actors £5 Internal Mr. Corey
Actors £6 Internal Mr. Talbott
Actors £6 Internal Miss Humphries
Actors £8 Internal Mr. Palmer
Actors £6 Internal Mr. Raymond
Actors £3 Internal Mr. Holland
Actors £1 Internal Mrs: Jones
Actors £2 Internal Mr. Do [Decamp]
Actors £5 Internal Mrs: Walcott
Actors £1 10s Internal Mrs: Do [Maddacks]
Actors £9 Internal Mr. C Kemble
Actors £1 Internal Mrs: Benson
Actors £1 10s Internal Mrs: Cuyler
Actors £7 Internal Mr. Wewitzer
Actors £2 Internal Mr. Maddacks
Cleaners 12s Internal Do. [Donnally] Sweeping The ditto may possibly refer to "Donnally & Stephens", rather than just "Donnally".
Dancers £1 Internal Miss Drake
Dancers £8 15s Internal Messds: Brooker Briggs Luciett Vining Riches Drake & Willis Listed under "Dancers".
Dancers £5 Internal Messrs. Banks Gorman Bezand Wells Goodman Johnston Listed under "Dancers".
Dancers £2 10s Internal Mr. Grimaldi
Dancers £2 Internal B Menage
Dancers £2 Internal Mr. Roffi
Dancers £1 5s Internal Mrs: Haskey
Dancers £1 Internal Mr. Millett Dancer
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers £3 15s Internal Murch Doorkeeper Arrears
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers £2 Internal Mr. Thompson
Employees (Other) £29 8s Internal Paid by Dale Mrs: Butler Miss Campbell Mr. Danby Mr. Hollingsworth Mr. Lacey Mr. Reynoldson Mr. Wathen Mr. Webb The Servants Includes Willoughy Lacey's annuity payment, which was not a salary, though sometimes stated to be one in the Drury Lane account books. 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.
House Servants (Other) £1 Internal Miss Doyle
House Servants (Other) £1 Internal Mrs: Doyle
House Servants (Other) £1 Internal Mr. Pilsbury
House Servants (Other) £1 Internal Miss Voyer
Performers (Other) £1 Internal Miss Menage
Performers (Other) £9 Internal Miss Decamp Maria Theresa De Camp, who acted, sung and danced.
Performers (Other) £1 1s Internal Mr. Chippendale Mrs: Do. [Chippendale]
Performers (Other) £1 Internal Miss Kelly
Prompters £1 16s Internal Mr. Stokes
Security £1 Internal Mr Rigge Day Watch
Security £5 5s Internal Soldiers
Security £4 10s Internal The Constables
Security £2 2s Internal Donnally & Stephens Watching
Singers £1 10s Internal Master Heather Chorus
Singers £1 Internal Mrs: Tirrell
Singers £1 Internal Miss Saunders
Singers £1 Internal Mrs: Coates
Singers £1 Internal Mrs: Mills
Singers £20 Internal Mr Kelly Mrs: Crouch
Singers £1 Internal Miss Jacobs
Singers £10 Internal Mrs: Bland
Singers £1 5s Internal Mr. Danby
Singers £1 Internal Mr. Cook
Singers £2 Internal Mr. Welsh
Singers £3 3s Internal Mr. T Welsh
Singers £1 10s Internal Miss Do [Wentworth]
Singers £3 Internal Mr. Clark
Stage Managers £7 Internal Mr. Aickin Salary
Stage Managers £3 Internal Do. [Mr. Aickin] Arrears
Treasurers £10 Internal Mr. Peake
Treasurers £1 10s Internal Mr. Dunn
Music Copyists £1 5s Internal Mr. Wyber
Music Copyists 10s Internal Do. [Mr. Wyber] Junr.
Musicians (Band) £61 13s Internal The Orchestra
Laundry and Dyeing £1 6s 5d Internal Mrs: Booth Washing Bills
Hair, Beards and Wigs £1 4s Internal Mr. Brady
Mantuamaking £2 13s Departmental Mantua & Bill
Tailoring £1 16s Internal Mr. Gay Taylor Salary
Wardrobe (Other) £1 Internal Phillimore
Wardrobe (Other) 15s Internal Mrs: Smith Salary Wardrobe
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £28 2s 6d Departmental Carpenters
Production Design (Other) £3 3s Departmental Mr. Johnston
Properties £2 12s 6d Internal Mr. Powell for Pictures for the use of the Stage
Scene Painters £3 Internal Mr. Banks
Scene Painters £4 4s Internal Mr. Greenwood
Weaponry £1 6s 6d External Mr. Hatton Sword Cutler
Lighting (Other) £20 External Mr. Glossop
Turnery £21 6s External Mr. Prior
Bill Distribution £1 16s Internal Billstickers
Printing £7 External Mrs: Lowndes
Printing £8 8s External Mrs: Lowndes
Management £37 16s Internal Board of Management
Messengers and Porters £1 4s Internal Appleby Messenger
Messengers and Porters 15s Internal Bob Chatterley
Funds and Trusts £72 External The Trusts as before Relates to the following, as named on 21 May 1800: "His Grace the Duke of Bedford" (£15), "The £50 Annuities" (£3), "Messrs. Wallis Ford & Hammersley" (£40), "The 10 Trust Shares of 1796" (£10), and "Messrs. Hammersleys 4 Shares" (£4). Possibly dated 26, rather than 24, May 1800.
Law £15 External Mr. Chilton Atty on Acct.
Tinworkers £1 11s 6d Internal Mr. Tuck
Total £536 16s 5d