Saturday 31 January 1801

Plays

Performances
King Lear, The Veteran Tar
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£324 8s
Available Revenue
51%
Capacity
53%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Notes
Principal characters in The Veteran Tar: Messrs Bannister, jun., Wewitzer, and Suett; Mrs Sparks, Miss Stephens, and Mrs Mountain
The overture and music entirely new, composed by Dr Arnold

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £324 8s £206 8s £116 11s £1 9s £0
Total £324 8s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Actors £13 6s 8d Internal Mr. King 5 Day Salary
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 £14 3s 4d Internal Mr. Bannister
Actors £10 Internal Mr. Suett
Actors £8 6s 8d Internal Mr. Barrymore
Actors £4 3s 4d Internal Mr. Packer
Actors £7 10s Internal C. Kemble
Actors £5 16s 8d Internal Mr. Powell
Actors £1 13s 4d Internal Mr. Waldron
Actors £9 3s 4d Internal Miss Pope
Actors £2 10s Internal Miss Heard
Actors £1 13s 4d Internal Mr. Decamp
Actors £6 13s 4d Internal Mr. Palmer
Actors £1 13s 4d Internal Mr. Maddacks
Actors £1 5s Internal Mrs. Do. [Maddacks]
Actors £1 13s 4d Internal Mr. Fisher
Actors £7 10s Internal Mrs. Powell
Actors £1 13s 4d Internal Mrs. Humphries
Actors £2 10s Internal Miss Campbell
Actors £1 5s Internal Mr. Sparks
Actors £1 5s Internal Mrs. Do. [Sparks]
Actors £4 3s 4d Internal Mrs. Yates
Actors £5 16s 8d Internal Mr. Raymond
Actors £1 15s Internal Mr. Bannister Senr
Actors £2 10s Internal Mrs. Sontley
Actors £5 Internal Miss Mellon
Actors £2 10s Internal Mr. Holland
Actors £5 16s 8d Internal Mr. Dowton
Actors £5 16s 8d Internal Mr. Wewitzer
Actors £1 5s Internal Mr. Chippendale
Actors £7 10s Internal Miss Biggs
Actors £3 6s 8d Internal Miss Stuart
Actors 16s 8d Internal Mrs. Jones
Actors £1 5s Internal Mr. Purser
Actors £2 1s 8d Internal Miss Tidswell
Actors £1 5s Internal Mr. Cuyler
Actors £3 6s 8d Internal Mr. Caulfield
Actors £4 3s 4d Internal Mr. Corey
Actors £3 Internal Mr. Trueman Listed under "Dales List".
Actors £7 Internal Mr. Wathen Listed under "Dales List".
Actors £1 10d Internal Mr. Webb Listed under "Dales List".
Cleaners £4 17s 6d Internal Sweepers
Dancers £10 16s 8d Internal Mr. Byrn & Mrs. Do. [Byrn]
Dancers 16s 8d Internal Miss Bristow
Dancers £1 10d Internal Mrs. Haskey
Dancers £2 10s Internal Mr. Grimaldi
Dancers £2 10s Internal Mr. Roffi
Dancers £6 17s 6d Internal Men Dancers Whitmill Wells Goodman Gorman Gurion Bezand Thompson & Johnston
Dancers £8 6s 8d Internal Women Dancers Brooker Briggs Byrn Luciett Vining Riches Drake & Willis
Employees (Other) £3 8s 4d Internal Mr. J. Thompson & Mr. Wm. Thompson
Employees (Other) £2 8s Internal Constant Salaries Listed under "Dales List".
House Servants (Other) £1 15s 6d Internal The Servants Listed under "Dales List".
House Servants (Other) 10s 6d Internal Pilsbury
Housekeeping £2 4s Internal Mrs. Fosbrook 2 Wks Listed under "Dales List".
Lamplighters £6 5s 6d Internal The Lampmen
Performers (Other) £7 10s Internal Miss Decamp Maria Theresa De Camp, who acted, sung and danced.
Performers (Other) 16s 8d Internal Miss Kelly
Performers (Other) £1 13s 4d Internal Miss Hicks & Sister
Performers (Other) £1 10d Internal Mr. Evans
Prompters £1 10s Internal Mr. Stokes
Prompters £3 6s 8d Internal Mr. Powell Prompter
Prompters £25 Internal Mr. Powell on Acct
Security £3 15s Internal Constables
Security £4 7s 6d Internal Soldiers
Security £1 Internal Rigge Day Watch
Singers £25 Internal Mr. Kelly & Mrs. Crouch
Singers £4 5s 10d Internal Mr. Welsh & Mr. T. Welsh
Singers £5 Internal Mr. Sedgwick
Singers 16s 8d Internal Mrs. Mills
Singers 16s 8d Internal Mrs. Tirrell
Singers £1 10d Internal Mr. Danby
Singers 16s 8d Internal Mr. Rhodes
Singers 16s 8d Internal Miss Saunders
Singers 16s 8d Internal Mr. Cook
Singers £1 5s Internal Miss Arne
Singers 16s 8d Internal Miss WIlliams
Singers £1 5s Internal Miss Wentworth
Singers 16s 8d Internal Mrs. Do. [Chippendale]
Singers £2 10s Internal Mr. Cook
Singers 16s 8d Internal Mrs. Coates
Singers £4 3s 4d Internal Miss Stevens
Singers £3 6s 8d Internal Mr. Dignum
Singers 16s 8d Internal Miss Jacobs
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 Thos. Welsh one day
Singers £1 5s Internal Heather Chorus
Singers 5s Internal Bond Chorus
Supernumeraries £5 Internal The Soldiers in Pizarro
Supernumeraries £12 17s 6d Internal Supers by Thompson
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
Music Copyists £1 9s 2d Internal Mr. Wyber & Son
Music Copyists £3 10s 10d Internal Mr. Buckholtz Music Copg.
Musicians (Band) £51 7s 6d Internal Band in Orchestra
Musicians (Band) £4 Internal Mr. Shaw Listed under "Dales List".
Musicians (Harps) £3 3s Internal Mr. Wieppart Playing Harp
Musicians (Other) £5 5s Internal Bells in Pantomime
Laundry and Dyeing £2 7s 4d Internal Mrs. Booth Washing
Hair, Beards and Wigs £1 Internal Mr. Brady
Dressers £8 12s 6d Internal Dressers
Dressers 10s Internal Miss Do. [Smith] Do. [Wardrobe]
Mantuamaking £8 5s Departmental Mantua
Mantuamaking £3 Internal Miss Rein Salary
Tailoring £10 10s 2d Departmental Gay Taylor
Tailoring £1 16s Internal Do. [Gay] Salary
Wardrobe (Other) £1 5s Internal Mrs. Linley
Wardrobe (Other) £1 Internal Mrs. Smith Wardrobe
Wardrobe (Other) £1 Internal Phillimore Mens Wardrobe
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £32 7s Departmental The Carpenters
Fireworks 5s 6d External Hunt Fire Works
Production Design (Other) £10 Departmental Mr. Johnston for Bill
Production Design (Other) £6 Internal Do. [Mr. Johnston] Salary
Scene Painters £3 Internal Mr. Banks Painter
Scene Painters £4 14s 6d Internal Mr. Greenwood Do. [Painter]
Scene Painters £1 1s Internal Mr. Bromley Painter
Scene Painters £10 Internal Mr. Capon Painter on Acct
Construction £5 External Mr. Shaw Atty. for Graham Brickr.
Lighting (Other) £30 External Mr. Glossop
Timber £100 External Mr Jennings for Campbell & White
Bill Distribution £1 16s Internal The Billstickers
Newspaper Advertisements £54 1s External Mr. Stuart Oracle Adverts.
Printing £15 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 Messenger
Messengers and Porters £1 4s Internal West Messenger
Messengers and Porters 1s 6d Departmental Cash for Messenger Do [Expences]
Miscellaneous £2 2s External Disbursements by Cheyne
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.
Law £5 External Mortimer in Possession
Law £3 17s External Francis Sheridan Do [in Possession]
Law £1 1s External Mr. Burgess & Wright Expences
Law £1 19s Internal Mr. Burgess on Acct.
Tinworkers £1 11s 6d Internal Tuck Tinman
Total £824 8s