Saturday 25 October 1800

Plays

Performances
Rule a Wife and Have a Wife, Wilmore Castle, Actaeon and Diana
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£360 13s 6d
Available Revenue
100%
Capacity
59%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Comment
Principal characters in Rule a Wife and Have a Wife: Leon, Mr Kemble; Estifania, Miss Mellon
Principal characters in Actaeon and Diana: Actaeon, Mr Byrne (1st appearance on this Stage); Diana, Signora Bossi Del Caro; Venus, Miss B Menage; Cupid, Miss Jenkins
Adapted to the stage, and composed by Mr Byrne; scenery by Mr Greenwood

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £360 13s 6d £226 9s £131 15s 6d £2 9s £0
Total £360 13s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Actors £2 1s 8d Internal Miss Tidswell 5 days Saly
Actors £1 5s Internal Mrs. Cuyler
Actors £4 3s 4d Internal Mr. Corey
Actors £5 16s 8d Internal Mr. Wewitzer
Actors £5 Internal Miss Mellon
Actors £9 3s 4d Internal Miss Pope
Actors £7 10s Internal Mr. C. Kemble
Actors £4 3s 4d Internal Mrs. Yates
Actors £1 13s 4d Internal Mr. Surmont
Actors £1 5s Internal Do. [Chippendale] Mr.
Actors £6 13s 4d Internal Mr. R. Palmer
Actors £1 13s 4d Internal Mrs. Humphries
Actors £5 16s 8d Internal Mr Powell
Actors £7 10s Internal Miss Biggs
Actors £1 13s 4d Internal Mr. Maddacks
Actors £1 5s Internal Do. [Maddacks] Mrs.
Actors £10 Internal Mr. Suett
Actors £1 13s 4d Internal Mr Waldron
Actors £14 3s 4d Internal Mr. J. Bannister
Actors £2 10s Internal Mr. Holland
Actors £3 6s 8d Internal Miss Stuart
Actors £8 6s 8d Internal Mr. Barrymore
Actors £2 10s Internal Miss Cambell
Actors £2 10s Internal Miss Heard
Actors 16s 8d Internal Mrs. Jones
Actors £1 15s Internal Mr. Bannister Senr
Actors £3 6s 8d Internal Mr. Caulfield
Actors £1 13s 4d Internal Mr. Fisher
Actors £1 5s Internal Mr. Sparks
Actors £1 5s Internal Mrs. Sparks
Actors £5 16s 8d Internal Mr. Dowton
Actors £5 16s 8d Internal Mr. Raymond
Actors £13 6s 8d Internal Mr. King
Actors £1 13s 4d Internal Mr. Decamp
Actors £7 10s Internal Mrs. Powell
Actors £10 Internal Mr. Wroughton BD vol. 16, p. 299 seems to suggest that Wroughton's second stint as stage manager began in 1800, but it was only from the 1804-05 season onwards that account books called him "Manager", and his salary payments 1800-04 suggest he was only an actor during that period.
Actors £4 3s 4d Internal Mr. Packer
Actors £2 10s Internal Mr. Trueman Listed under "Dales List".
Actors £5 16s 8d Internal Mr. Wathen Listed under "Dales List".
Actors £1 10d Internal Mr. Webb Listed under "Dales List".
Actors £8 9s 4d Internal Mr. Bannister to complete Saly.
Actors £31 10s Internal Mr. Kemble last week
Cleaners £5 2s 6d Internal The Sweepers
Cleaners 12s Internal Donnally sweeper
Dancers 16s 8d Internal Bristoe Miss
Dancers £2 10s Internal Mr. Grimaldi
Dancers £2 10s Internal Mr. Roffi
Dancers £2 10s Internal Miss B. Menage
Dancers £6 13s 4d Internal Mr. Byrne
Dancers £6 17s 6d Internal Men Dancers, Wells, Whitmill, Gorman, Gurion, Bezand, Goodman Thompson Johnston,
Dancers £8 6s 8d Internal Women Dancers, Byrne, Briggs, Brooker, Willis, Luciett, Vining, Riches Drake
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers £1 13s 4d Internal Mr. Thompson
House Servants (Other) £27 12s 6d Internal Servants &c Listed under "Dales List".
Housekeeping £1 Internal Mrs. Fosbrook
Housekeeping £3 4s Internal Mrs. Fosbrook Saly. from beging
Lamplighters £6 6d Internal The Lampmen
Performers (Other) 16s 8d Internal Miss Kelly
Performers (Other) £1 10d Internal Mr. Evans
Performers (Other) 16s 8d Internal Miss Menage
Prompters £3 6s 8d Internal Mr. Powell Prompr.
Prompters £1 10s Internal Mr Stokes
Security £3 15s Internal The Constables
Security £4 7s 6d Internal The Soldiers
Security £1 Internal Rigg day watch
Security £1 16s Internal The Watchmen
Singers £4 5s 10d Internal Mr. Welsh & Brother
Singers £1 10d Internal Mr. Danby
Singers 16s 8d Internal Mr. Rhodes
Singers 16s 8d Internal Mrs. Chippendale
Singers 16s 8d Internal Mrs. Mills
Singers £1 5s Internal Miss Wentworth
Singers 16s 8d Internal Miss Saunders
Singers 16s 8d Internal Miss Williams
Singers 16s 8d Internal Miss Jacobs
Singers £2 10s Internal Mr. Cook
Singers 16s 8d Internal Mr. Cook Chorus
Singers £1 5s Internal Miss Arne
Singers £4 3s 4d Internal Miss Stevens
Singers 16s 8d Internal Mrs. Coates
Singers £13 6s 8d Internal Mr. Kelly
Singers £11 13s 4d Internal Mrs. Crouch
Singers £5 Internal Mr. Sedgwick
Singers £3 6s 8d Internal Mr. Dignum
Singers £1 10d Internal Mrs: Butler Listed under "Dales List".
Singers £1 5s Internal Mr. Danby Listed under "Dales List".
Singers £1 10d Internal Mr. Reynoldson Listed under "Dales List".
Singers 10s 6d Internal T. Welsh One day
Singers £1 Internal Master Heather
Singers £4 Internal Mr Sedgwick last week
Stage Managers £5 Internal Mr. Aickin on Account
Stage Managers £16 16s Internal Do. [Mr. Kemble] Management
Supernumeraries £9 1s 6d Internal Supernumeraries
Treasurers £3 6s 8d Internal Mr Westley
Treasurers £1 13s 4d Internal Mr. Dunn
Treasurers £8 6s 8d Internal Mr. Peake
Treasurers 6s 8d Internal Mr. Dunn 1. day
Music Copyists £1 10d Internal Mr. Wyber
Music Copyists 8s 4d Internal Do. [Mr. Wyber] Junr.
Musicians (Band) £51 7s 6d Internal The Band in the Orchestra
Musicians (Band) £5 Internal Mr. Shaw Listed under "Dales List".
Hair, Beards and Wigs £1 Internal Mr. Brady
Dressers £8 12s 6d Internal The Dressers
Mantuamaking £11 11s 8d Departmental Mantua makers
Mantuamaking £3 Internal Miss Rein Salary
Tailoring £18 13s 9d Departmental Taylor's Bill
Tailoring £1 16s Internal Do. [Taylor's] Salary
Wardrobe (Other) £1 5s Internal Mrs. Linley
Wardrobe (Other) 15s Internal Mrs. Smith Wardrobe
Wardrobe (Other) £1 Internal Phillimore Wardrobe
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £16 5s 6d Departmental The Carpenters
Production Design (Other) £7 9s Departmental Johnston's Bill
Production Design (Other) £6 Internal Do. [Johnston's] Salary
Scene Painters £4 14s 6d Internal Mr. Greenwood
Scene Painters £3 Internal Mr Banks
Candles (Wax) £20 External Mr Gatty for Thorley Here presumed to be arrears due to Thorley the wax chandler or his executors, perhaps as a result of legal action, although no candles had been bought from him since 1785.
Lighting (Other) £40 External Mr. Glossop 2 Drafts dated 27th. & 28th
Bill Distribution £1 16s Internal Billstickers
Printing £10 External Mrs. Lowndes Printer
Management £26 5s Internal Mr. Sheridan Board of Management
Management £13 2s 6d Internal Mr. Richardson Do. [Board of Management]
Messengers and Porters 12s 6d Internal Bob Chatterley
Messengers and Porters £1 4s Internal Appleby Saly
Messengers and Porters £1 4s Internal Chatterley Messinger
Messengers and Porters £1 12s 3d Internal Appleby in full for Messages
Annuities £5 5s External Mr. Lacey Listed under "Dales List". 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.
Tinworkers £1 11s 6d Internal Tuck Tinman
Total £686 17s 2d