Saturday 17 January 1801

Plays

Performances
King Lear, Harlequin Amulet; or, The Magic of Mona
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£277 19s
Available Revenue
48%
Capacity
46%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Notes
Principal characters in King Lear: King Lear, Mr Kemble; Cordelia, Mrs Siddons

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £277 19s £208 3s 6d £60 19s 6d £2 16s £6 Error in second account Checks
Total £277 19s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Actors £17 Internal Mr. Bannister
Actors £16 Internal Mr. King
Actors £12 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 £12 Internal Mr. Suett
Actors £11 Internal Miss Pope
Actors £6 Internal Miss Mellon
Actors £5 Internal Mr. Packer
Actors £7 Internal Mr. Powell
Actors £9 Internal Mrs. Powell
Actors £2 Internal Mr. Waldron
Actors £2 Internal Mr. Fisher
Actors £8 Internal Mr. Palmer
Actors £2 Internal Mr. Decamp
Actors £2 10s Internal Miss Tidswell
Actors £1 10s Internal Mrs. Cuyler
Actors £1 10s Internal Mr. Chippendale
Actors £7 Internal Mr. Wewitzer
Actors £2 10s Internal Mr. Maddacks
Actors £1 Internal Mrs. Do. [Maddacks]
Actors £5 Internal Mrs. Yates
Actors £3 Internal Miss Heard
Actors £2 Internal Mrs. Humphries
Actors £5 Internal Mr. Corey
Actors £3 Internal Miss Campbell
Actors £1 10s Internal Mr. Sparks
Actors £1 10s Internal Mrs. Do. [Sparks]
Actors £2 2s Internal Mr. Bannister Senr.
Actors £9 Internal Miss Biggs
Actors £4 Internal Miss Stuart
Actors £1 Internal Mrs. Jones
Actors £3 Internal Mrs. Sontley
Actors £7 Internal Mr. Raymond
Actors £1 10s Internal Mr. Purser
Actors £4 Internal Mr. Caulfield
Actors £10 Internal Mr. Barrymore
Actors £3 Internal Mr. Holland
Actors £7 Internal Mr. Wathen Listed under "Dales List".
Actors £1 5s Internal Mr. Webb Listed under "Dales List".
Actors £3 Internal Mr. Trueman Listed under "Dales List".
Actors £200 Internal Mrs. Siddons 2 Dfts
Actors £2 Internal Mr. Decamp last week
Cleaners £5 17s Internal The Sweepers
Dancers £8 Internal Mr. Byrne
Dancers £5 Internal Mrs. Do. [Byrne]
Dancers £1 Internal Miss Bristow
Dancers £2 2s Internal Mr. W. Thompson
Dancers £1 5s Internal Mrs. Haskey
Dancers £3 Internal Mr. Grimaldi
Dancers £3 Internal Mr. Roffi
Dancers £3 Internal Miss Menage
Dancers £8 5s Internal Men Dancers Whitmill Wells Goodman Gorman Gurion Bezand Thompson & Johnston
Dancers £10 Internal Women Dancers Brooker Briggs Byrne Luciett Vining Riches Drake & Willis
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers £2 Internal Mr. Ino. Thompson
Employees (Other) £2 8s Internal Constant Salaries Listed under "Dales List".
House Servants (Other) £28 13s Internal The Servants Listed under "Dales List".
House Servants (Other) £10 Internal Mrs. Doyle on account 27
Housekeeping £2 8s Internal Mrs. Fosbrook 2 Wks Listed under "Dales List".
Lamplighters £6 10s 6d Internal The Lampmen Wages
Performers (Other) £9 Internal Miss Decamp Maria Theresa De Camp, who acted, sung and danced.
Performers (Other) £2 Internal Miss Hicks & Sister
Performers (Other) £1 Internal Miss Kelly
Performers (Other) £1 Internal Do. [Menage] Mary
Performers (Other) £1 5s Internal Mr. Evans
Prompters £1 16s Internal Mr. Stokes
Prompters £4 Internal Mr. Powell
Security £4 10s Internal Constables
Security £5 5s Internal Soldiers
Security £1 Internal Rigge Day Watch
Security £6 Internal Wathmen
Singers £4 Internal Mr. Dignum 6 Days Salary
Singers £5 Internal Miss Stevens
Singers £6 Internal Mr. Sedgwick
Singers £30 Internal Mr. Kelly & Mrs. Crouch
Singers £1 Internal Mrs. Mills
Singers £1 Internal Mr. Rhodes
Singers £1 5s Internal Mr. Danby
Singers £1 10s Internal Miss Wentworth
Singers £1 Internal Miss WIlliams
Singers £1 Internal Miss Saunders
Singers £1 Internal Mr. Cook
Singers £1 Internal Mrs. Coates
Singers £1 Internal Mrs. Do. [Chippendale]
Singers £1 Internal Mrs. Tirrell
Singers £3 Internal Mr. Cook
Singers £1 10s Internal Miss Arne
Singers £1 Internal Miss Jacobs
Singers £8 Internal Mrs. Mountain
Singers £2 Internal Mr. Welsh
Singers £3 3s Internal Mr. T. Welsh
Singers £1 5s Internal Mrs: Butler Listed under "Dales List".
Singers £1 10s Internal Mr. Danby Listed under "Dales List".
Singers £1 5s Internal Mr. Reynoldson Listed under "Dales List".
Singers £8 5s Internal The Chorus
Singers £1 10s Internal Heather Singing
Stage Managers £30 Internal Mr. Aickin by Mr. Nield
Supernumeraries £5 Internal Soldiers in Pizarro
Treasurers £2 Internal Mr. Dunn
Treasurers £10 Internal Mr. Peake
Treasurers £4 Internal Mr. Westley
Treasurers £12 Internal Mr. Westley on acct
Music Copyists £1 5s Internal Mr. Wyber
Music Copyists 10s Internal Do. [Mr. Wyber] Junr.
Music Copyists £3 3s Internal Mr. Buckholtz on Account for Music Copying
Musicians (Band) £61 13s Internal Band in Orchestra
Musicians (Harps) £5 5s Internal Mr. Wieppart Harp Player
Musicians (Trumpets) £4 5d Internal Thomson Trumpets
Laundry and Dyeing £2 6s 7d Internal Mrs. Booth Washing
Hair, Beards and Wigs £1 4s Internal Mr. Brady
Dressers £10 7s Internal Dressers
Dressers 10s Internal Miss Do. [Smith]
Mantuamaking £7 1s Departmental Mantua
Mantuamaking £3 Internal Do. [Mantua] Rein Salary
Tailoring £4 17s 1d Departmental Gay Taylors Bill
Tailoring £1 16s Internal Do. [Gay] Salary
Wardrobe (Other) £1 10s Internal Mrs. Linley
Wardrobe (Other) £1 Internal Phillimore Wardrobe
Wardrobe (Other) £1 Internal Mrs. Smith Wardrobe
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £31 7s Departmental The Carpenters by Cheyne
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £33 19s Departmental The Carpenters
Fireworks 8s External Hunt Fire Works
Production Design (Other) £11 Departmental Mr. Johnston for Men
Production Design (Other) £6 Internal Do. [Mr. Johnston] Salary
Scene Painters £4 14s 6d Internal Mr. Greenwood
Scene Painters £3 Internal Mr. Banks
Scene Painters £3 13s 6d Internal Bromley Painter
Scene Painters £3 3s Internal Mr. Mortram Painter
Lighting (Other) £30 External Mr. Glossop
Bill Distribution £1 16s Internal Billstickers
Newspaper Advertisements £33 12s External Mr. Stuart for Courier Adverts.
Printing £5 5s External Mrs. Lowndes Printer
Management £31 10s Internal Mr. Sheridan Board of Management
Management £15 15s Internal Mr. Richardson Do. [Board of Management]
Paving, Cleansing and Lighting Rates £50 External Mr. Leareaux Paving Rate
Taxes (Other) £1 6s External Mr. Lereaux for Mr. Fosbrooks House
Food and Drink 10s 8d External Do. [The Carpenters] Dinners
Messengers and Porters 15s Internal B. Chatterley
Messengers and Porters £1 4s Internal Appleby Messenger
Messengers and Porters £1 4s Internal West Messenger
Annuities £6 6s 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 £1,082 12s 9d