Saturday 30 May 1801

Plays

Performances
Much Ado About Nothing, Blue Beard; or, Female Curiosity!
Event Type
Benefit
Revenue
£360 13s 6d
Available Revenue
42%
Capacity
59%
Beneficiary(ies)
Ralph Wewitzer
Harriet Mellon
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Charge
Unknown
Additional Charge
Unknown
Notes
Tickets: Mr Wewitzer, £100 ticket allowed; Miss Mellon, ticket allowance not specified in the account book

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £158 1s £90 4s £64 6s £1 19s £1 12s Odd money
Beneficiaries
Tickets Amount Box Pit Gallery Total
Ralph Wewitzer £94 12s N/A N/A N/A N/A
Harriet Mellon £108 6d N/A N/A N/A N/A
Total £360 13s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Actors £1 15s Internal Mr. Bannister Senr. 5 Days Salary
Actors £1 5s Internal Mrs. Cuyler
Actors £2 10s Internal Miss Campbell
Actors £1 13s 4d Internal Mr. Waldron
Actors £1 5s Internal Mr. Purser
Actors £1 13s 4d Internal Mr. Decamp
Actors 16s 8d Internal Mrs. Jones
Actors £2 10s Internal Miss Heard
Actors £2 10s Internal Mrs. Sontley
Actors £2 18s 4d Internal Mr. Maddacks & Wife
Actors £2 10s Internal Mr. Holland
Actors £1 13s 4d Internal Mr. Surmont
Actors £7 10s Internal Mr. C Kemble
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 £5 16s 8d Internal Mr. Raymond
Actors £4 3s 4d Internal Mrs. Yates
Actors £2 Internal Mr. Decamp one Week
Cleaners £4 17s 6d Internal Sweepers
Dancers £10 16s 8d Internal Mr. Byrn & Wife
Dancers £2 10s Internal Men Dancers Gurion Bezand & Johnston
Dancers £8 6s 8d Internal Women Dancers Brooker Briggs Byrn Luciett Vining Riches Drake & Willis
Dancers £1 10d Internal Mrs. Haskey
Dancers £2 10s Internal Mr. Roffi
Dancers 16s 8d Internal Miss Watson
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers £5 5s Internal Brown Upper Upper Gallr. Office keeper
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers £1 Internal Kent Doorkeeper on Acct
Employees (Other) £4 2s Internal Mr. Thompson & Brother
House Servants (Other) £1 Internal Miss Voyer Saly.
House Servants (Other) 10s 6d Internal Pilsbury
Lamplighters £6 8s Internal The Lampmen
Performers (Other) £1 13s 4d Internal Miss Hicks & Sister
Performers (Other) 16s 8d Internal Miss Kelly
Performers (Other) £3 6s 8d Internal B Menage & Sister
Prompters £3 6s 8d Internal Mr. Powell Prompr.
Prompters £1 10s Internal Mr. Stokes
Security £1 Internal Mr. Rigge Day Watch
Security £3 15s Internal Constables
Security £4 7s 6d Internal The Soldiers
Singers £1 15s Internal Masr. Heather Chorus
Singers 16s 8d Internal Miss Williams
Singers 16s 8d Internal Miss Saunders
Singers 10s 6d Internal Mr. T Welsh one day
Singers 16s 8d Internal Miss Jacobs
Singers £1 5s Internal Miss Wentworth
Singers 16s 8d Internal Mrs. Mills
Singers 16s 8d Internal Mr. Cook
Singers £6 13s 4d Internal Mrs. Mountain
Singers £4 5s 10d Internal Mr. Welsh & Brother
Singers 16s 8d Internal Mrs. Coates
Singers £1 10d Internal Mr. Danby
Supernumeraries £11 12s 6d Internal The Supernumeraries
Treasurers £1 13s 4d Internal Mr. Dunn
Treasurers 6s 8d Internal Mr. Dunn one day
Treasurers £8 6s 8d Internal Mr. Peake
Treasurers £3 6s 8d Internal Mr. Westley
Music Copyists 8s 4d Internal Do. [Mr. Wyber] Junr.
Music Copyists £1 10d Internal Mr. Wyber
Musicians (Band) £51 7s 6d Internal Band in Orchestra
Laundry and Dyeing 16s Internal Mrs. Booth Washing
Hair, Beards and Wigs £1 Internal Mr. Brady
Dressers £8 12s 6d Internal Dressers
Mantuamaking £3 11s 6d Departmental Mantua 2 Weeks Bills
Tailoring £2 16s Departmental Gay Taylors Bill
Tailoring £1 16s Internal Gay Taylor Salary
Wardrobe (Other) £1 10s Internal Mrs. Smith Womens Wardrobe
Wardrobe (Other) £1 Internal Phillimore Wardrobe
Wardrobe (Other) £1 5s Internal Mrs. Linley
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £20 Departmental Cheyne for Carpenters
Scene Painters £4 14s 6d Internal Mr. Greenwood Do. [Painting]
Scene Painters £3 Internal Mr. Banks Painting
Candles (Tallow) £7 External Mr. Rablus Tallow
Lighting (Other) £30 External Mr. Glossop
Management £26 5s Internal Mr. Sheridan Board of Management
Management £13 2s 6d Internal Mr. Richardson Do. [Board of Management]
Books, Paper and Stationery 3s External Paper
Messengers and Porters £1 4s Internal West Messenger
Messengers and Porters £1 4s Internal Appleby Messenger
Messengers and Porters 12s 6d Internal B Chatterley
Messengers and Porters 6s Internal Appleby Extra Messuages
Travel and Accommodation 1s External Coach Hire
Annuities £1 External Mr. Lacey Presumably a payment on Willoughby Lacey's annuity. 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. It is unclear why this particular payment was not in guineas.
Funds and Trusts £41 18s External The Pit Recet. of this Nt. to Trustees
Law £1 External Storey Man in Possession
Law £5 Internal Mr. Burgess on Acct. of Salary
Tinworkers £1 11s 6d Internal Tuck Tinman
Total £400 11s 8d