Saturday 22 May 1802

Plays

Performances
Much Ado About Nothing, No Song No Supper
Event Type
Benefit
Revenue
£331 10s 6d
Available Revenue
58%
Capacity
54%
Beneficiary(ies)
Maria Theresa Romanzini
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Charge
£222 8s
Additional Charge
N/A
Notes
Principal characters in Much Ado About Nothing: Benedict and Beatrice by Mr Kemble and Mrs Jordan
In act II a masquerade, in which Mrs Bland will introduce a ballad called "Evelina's Lullaby," written and composed by M G Lewis, esq. M.P.
Principal characters in No Song No Supper: Margaretta (that night only), Mrs Bland

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £150 8s £95 16s £51 6s 6d £2 10s 15s 6d Odd money
Beneficiaries
Tickets Amount Box Pit Gallery Total
Maria Theresa Romanzini £181 2s 6d N/A N/A N/A N/A
Total £331 10s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Benefit Payments £403 18s 6d Internal Mrs. Jordan, her Benefit Money in full
Benefit Payments £109 8s 3d Internal Mr. Kelly's Benefit Ballance
Lighting (Other) £90 External Do. Glossop 6 Nights Lighting
Musicians (Band) £61 13s Internal Band in the Orchestra
Actors £47 5s Internal Mrs. Jordan
Actors £40 Internal Mrs. Siddons
Employees (Other) £38 2s Internal Dale for Servants Dale's list of payees sometimes included performers, hence its categorisation here as "Employees (Other)" rather than "House Servants (Other)".
Actors £31 10s Internal Mr. Kemble
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £27 1s 6d Departmental Carpenter's Day Money
Stage Managers £25 4s Internal do. [Mr. Kemble] Management
Actors £24 Internal Pope Mr. & Mrs
Printing £23 16s External Lowndes Printer
Proprietorial (Other) £21 External Mr. Sheridan
Actors £17 Internal Bannister
Actors £16 Internal King
Singers £16 Internal Kelly
Actors £15 Internal 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.
Management £15 15s Internal Mr. Richardson, Board of Management
Singers £14 Internal Crouch
Dancers £13 Internal Byrne Mr. & Mrs
Treasurers £13 Internal Mr. Peake
Actors £12 Internal Suett
Performers (Other) £12 Internal Decamp Maria Theresa De Camp, who acted, sung and danced.
Actors £11 Internal Pope
Candles (Tallow) £11 12s External Rablus, Tallow Candles last Week
Actors £10 Internal Barrymore
Actors £10 Internal C. Kemble
Singers £10 Internal T Welsh
Actors £10 Internal Powell
Actors £10 Internal Young
Singers £10 Internal Bland
Dancers £10 Internal Women Dancers Brooker, Briggs, Byrn, Drake, Millett, Riches, Vining, Willis
Dressers £10 7s Internal Dressers
Actors £9 Internal Palmer
Singers £9 Internal Mountain
Management £9 Internal Mr. Grubb
Actors £8 Internal Dowton
Actors £8 Internal Wathen
Actors £8 Internal Raymond
Musicians (Band) £8 Internal Shaw
Dancers £8 5s Internal Men Dancers, Whitmell, Wells, Bazand, Johnston, Mortram, Gurion, Cipriani, Coste
Actors £6 Internal Powell
Singers £6 Internal Sedgwick
Actors £6 Internal Waldron & Harlowe
Actors £6 Internal Wewitzer
Annuities £6 6s 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.
Lamplighters £6 3s Internal Lampmen
Production Design (Other) £6 Internal do. [Johnston] Salary
Singers £5 3s Internal J Welsh
Actors £5 Internal Ansell
Singers £5 Internal Stephens
Cleaners £5 17s Internal Sweepers
Scene Painters £5 5s Internal Greenwood, Painter
Lighting (Other) £5 10s 6d External Glossop, Extra Lighting, Kelly's Night
Singers £4 Internal Dignum
Prompters £4 Internal Powell, Prompter
Actors £4 Internal Holland
Singers £4 Internal Cooke
Dancers £4 Internal Grimaldi
Actors £4 Internal Caulfield
Actors £4 10s Internal Sparks Mr. & Mrs
Performers (Other) £4 Internal Menage & Sister
Singers £4 Internal Tyrer
Security £4 10s Internal Constables
Actors £3 Internal Packer
Actors £3 Internal Decamp
Actors £3 10s Internal Maddocks Mr. & Mrs
Singers £3 Internal Jacobs
Actors £3 Internal Sontley
Actors £3 Internal Cambell Mrs
Actors £3 Internal Cambell Miss
Performers (Other) £3 7s Internal Bannister & Haskey
Scene Painters £3 Internal Banks do. [Painter]
Mantuamaking £3 Internal Rein, Salary
Actors £2 Internal Surmont
Actors £2 10s Internal Tidswell
Actors £2 Internal Humphries
Actors £2 Internal Stuart
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers £2 Internal Thompson
Dancers £2 Internal Grimaldi & Bristoe
Actors £2 Internal Fisher
Performers (Other) £2 Internal Hicks & Sister
Performers (Other) £2 Internal Kelly & Ragg
Performers (Other) £2 15s Internal Butler & Cuyler
Singers £2 15s Internal Danby & do. [Danby] Jun
Employees (Other) £2 16s Internal Stokes & Mills
Performers (Other) £2 Internal Ferraris
Treasurers £2 Internal Dunn
Production Design (Other) £2 4s Departmental Johnston Bill
Tailoring £2 16s 4d Departmental Gay Taylor Bill
Hair, Beards and Wigs £1 4s Internal Brady
Singers £1 5s Internal Elliott
Dancers £1 Internal Wells Mrs
Singers £1 10s Internal Wentworth
Singers £1 Internal Williams
Singers £1 Internal Sanders
Singers £1 Internal Coates
Singers £1 5s Internal Cook
Dancers £1 Internal Watson
Actors £1 Internal Jones
Singers £1 Internal Tirrell
Performers (Other) £1 5s Internal Evans
Actors £1 5s Internal Webb
Music Copyists £1 15s Internal Wyber & Son
Actors £1 10s Internal Chippendale
Singers £1 Internal Heather
Singers £1 10s Internal Gibbons BD vol. 6, pp. 167-9 expresses uncertainty over the timeline of the Gibbons, but speculates that the actor, Mr. Gibbon, was paid until the end of 1802-03, at which point the singer, James Deverell Gibbon, began to be paid in his stead. But the nature of the payments, and the fact that Gibbon was paid sometimes with the singer Elliott in 1801-02, suggest that BD is mistaken, and that James Deverell Gibbon was the recipient as early as 1801-02.
Actors £1 10s Internal Purser
Singers £1 10s Internal Arne
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers £1 Internal Graham, Assistant
Messengers and Porters £1 4s Internal Appleby
Dressers £1 10s Internal Smith & Sister
Mantuamaking £1 16s Departmental do. [Rein] Mantua
Messengers and Porters £1 4s Internal West
Laundry and Dyeing £1 18s 11d Internal Booth, Washing Bill
Tinworkers £1 11s 6d Internal Tuck, Tinman
Bill Distribution £1 16s Internal Bill Stickers
Musicians (Kettle Drums) £1 10s Internal Wilmshurst, Kettle Drum
Tailoring £1 16s Internal do. [Gay] Salary
Candles (Tallow) £1 19s 5d External Rablus, Tallow Chandler
Messengers and Porters 15s Internal Chatterley
Singers 10s Internal Bond, Extra Chorus
Musicians (Side Drums) 15s Internal Holt, Side Drum
Security 12s Internal Rigg
House Servants (Other) 15s Internal Potts
Security 17s 6d Internal Soldiers
Total £1,483 14s 5d