Saturday 19 February 1803

Plays

Performances
The Hero of the North, Fortune's Frolic
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£449 10s
Available Revenue
56%
Capacity
74%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Notes
Principal characters in The Hero of the North: Mr Pope, Mr Wroughton, Mr Kelly, Mr Raymond, Mr Dowton, Mr Bannister, jun.; Mrs Young, Mrs Mountain, Mrs Harlow, Miss Menage, Mrs Bland, Miss Tyre
The overture and music composed by Mr Kelly
The scenery, dresses, and decorations entirely new

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £449 10s £409 12s 6d £37 17s 6d £2 £0 Headcount for first account: Box (775), plus Free Box (878); Pit (639), plus Free Pit (60); F. Gall (484), plus Free F. Gall (60); and U. Gall. (338). Headcount for latter account: Box (239), plus Free Box (31); Pit (6); F. Gall (16); and U. Gall (25).
Box   £232 10s £35 17s
Pit   £111 16s 6d 12s
First Gallery   £48 8s 16s
Upper Gallery   £16 18s 12s 6d
Total £449 10s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Actors £17 Internal Do. [Mr. Bannister] Actor
Actors £25 Internal Mr. & Mrs. Pope
Actors £15 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 Mr. C. Kemble
Actors £10 Internal Mr. Barrymore
Actors £9 Internal Mr. Palmer
Actors £8 Internal Mr. Dowton
Actors £8 Internal Mr. Wathen
Actors £8 Internal Mr. Raymond
Actors £8 Internal Mr. Cherry
Actors £7 Internal Mr. Dwyer
Actors £6 Internal Mr. Powell
Actors £5 Internal Mr. Holland
Actors £6 Internal Mr. Caulfield
Actors £4 Internal Mr. Collins
Actors £3 Internal Mr. Packer
Actors £3 Internal Mr. Decamp
Actors £4 10s Internal Mr. Sparks & Wife
Actors £3 10s Internal Mr. Maddocks & Wife
Actors £6 Internal Mr. Wewitzer
Actors £2 Internal Mr. Fisher
Actors £2 Internal Mr. Waldron
Actors £11 Internal Miss Pope
Actors £10 Internal Mrs. Powell
Actors £10 Internal Mrs, Younge
Actors £8 Internal Mrs. Glover
Actors £5 Internal Miss Mellon
Actors £5 Internal Mrs. Ansell
Actors £6 Internal Mrs. Harlow
Actors £3 Internal Miss Campbell
Actors £2 10s Internal Miss Tidswell
Actors £2 Internal Mrs. Scott
Actors £3 Internal Miss Hicks
Actors £57 15s Internal Mrs. Jordan
Actors £6 Internal Mr. Russell
Actors £4 Internal Mr. Hollingsworth
Actors £3 Internal Mr. Bartley
Actors £3 Internal Mrs. Henry
Actors £2 2s Internal Mr. Bannister Senr.
Actors £1 10s Internal Mr. Purser
Actors £1 5s Internal Mr. Webb
Actors 15s Internal Mr. Chatterley Junr.
Actors £1 10s Internal Mrs. Cuyler
Actors £1 Internal Mrs. Jones
Actors £1 Internal Mrs. Fisher
Actors £1 Internal Wm. Chatterley
Cleaners 12s Internal Mr. Donnelly sweeper
Cleaners £7 10s Internal Sweepers
Dancers £4 Internal Mr. Grimaldi
Dancers £3 Internal Miss B. Menage
Dancers £10 Internal Mr. Byrn
Dancers £2 Internal Mr. Male
Dancers £1 5s Internal Mrs. Haskey
Dancers £1 Internal Miss Bristoe
Dancers £1 Internal Mrs. Grimaldi
Dancers £1 Internal Miss Watson
Dancers £1 Internal Mrs. Wells
Dancers £6 5s Internal Men Dancers
Dancers £8 15s Internal Women Dancers
Dancers £4 4s Internal Master Byrn 8 Nights
Dancers £3 Internal Pincott Myers & Grenville Ext. Dancers
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers £2 Internal Mr. Thompson
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers £1 Internal Mr. Graham
Employees (Other) £34 1s Internal Dale for Servants Dale's list of payees sometimes included performers, hence its categorisation here as "Employees (Other)" rather than "House Servants (Other)".
House Servants (Other) £1 10s Internal Mr. Smith Likely to be either Mr Smith the officekeeper (p. 130) or Mr Smith the dresser (p. 131), described in BD vol. 14. However, there are issues with both: BD states that the officekeeper finished working at Drury Lane in 1800, and the dresser was only paid 9s. per week in 1801, whereas the recipient here worked in the 1802-03 season at £ 10s. per week. Perhaps the term "new engagement" used in the first payment to him (6 November 1802) suggests that it was the old officekeeper, who had left in 1800 but returned. Or perhaps neither identification is correct, and this was a different Smith.
House Servants (Other) 15s Internal Potts Hallkeeper
Housekeeping £2 Internal Mrs. Fosbrook
Lamplighters £8 10s Internal Lampmen
Performers (Other) £2 Internal Miss Ferraris
Performers (Other) £1 5s Internal Mr. Evans
Performers (Other) 10s Internal Blanchard
Performers (Other) £1 Internal Mrs. Blanchard
Performers (Other) £1 Internal Miss Kelly
Performers (Other) £1 Internal Miss Menage
Performers (Other) £1 Internal Mrs. Parsons Her pay, and the employment of a singer named Mr Parsons at Drury Lane several years later, suggest that Mrs Parsons may have been a singer. She was certainly a performer, as listed amongst the female performers at the start of Drury Lane's 1802-03 account book.
Performers (Other) £1 Internal Mrs. Wragg
Performers (Other) 15s Internal Wilmshurst Serpent in Midas
Performers (Other) £3 15s Internal Reid for Allowance for Men in Pantom.
Prompters £4 Internal Powell Prompter
Prompters £3 Internal Mr. Stokes
Security 12s Internal Mr. Rigg day Watch
Security £1 16s Internal Watchmen
Security £4 10s Internal Constables
Security £5 5s Internal Soldiers
Singers £16 Internal Mr. Kelly
Singers £6 Internal Mr. Sedgwick
Singers £4 Internal Mr. Dignum
Singers £4 Internal Mr. Cooke
Singers £2 Internal Mr. Welsh
Singers £7 Internal Mrs. Crouch
Singers £12 Internal Mrs. Bland
Singers £12 Internal Mrs. Mountain
Singers £7 Internal Miss Stephens
Singers £5 Internal Miss Tyrer
Singers £1 10s Internal Mr. Danby
Singers £1 10s Internal Mr. 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.
Singers £1 5s Internal Mr. Caulfield
Singers £1 5s Internal Mr. Cooke
Singers £1 5s Internal Mr. Elliott
Singers £1 Internal Mr. Heather
Singers £1 Internal Mr. Rhodes
Singers £1 10s Internal Miss Arne
Singers £1 10s Internal Miss C. Hicks
Singers £1 10s Internal Miss Wentworth
Singers £1 5s Internal Mrs. Butler
Singers £1 Internal Mrs. Coates
Singers £1 Internal Miss Saunders
Singers £1 Internal Miss Williams
Stage Managers £9 Internal Mr. Bannister Manager
Supernumeraries £17 14s Internal Supernumeraries
Treasurers £15 Internal Rd. Wilson Esqr. Auditor
Treasurers £2 10s Internal Mr. Dunn
Treasurers £13 Internal Mr. Peake
Music Copyists £1 10s Internal Mr. Wyber
Music Copyists 10s Internal Wyber Junr.
Musicians (Band) £61 13s Internal Band in the Orchestra
Musicians (Band) £8 Internal Mr. Shaw Leader of the Band
Musicians (Trumpets) £1 10s Internal Extra Trumpets
Clothing Material (Wool) £17 13s 7d External Mr. Marchant Woolen draper
Laundry and Dyeing £3 3s 10d Departmental Washing Bills
Laundry and Dyeing 12s 6d Internal Clearstarcher
Hair, Beards and Wigs £1 4s Internal Mrs. Brady
Dressers £1 Internal Miss L. Smith
Dressers 10s Internal Miss A. Smith
Dressers £10 7s Internal Dressers
Mantuamaking £3 Internal Miss Rein
Mantuamaking £4 15s 6d Departmental Mantua maker's Bills
Tailoring £1 16s Internal Mr. Gay Taylor
Tailoring £39 12s 6d Departmental Taylor's Bill for Men's Wages
Wardrobe (Other) £1 Internal Mr. Phillimore
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £83 13s 8d Departmental The Carpenters
Production Design (Other) £6 Internal Mr. Johnstone
Production Design (Other) £3 3s Internal Mr. Underwood
Production Design (Other) £13 2s 9d Departmental Mr. Johnstone's Bill
Properties £7 5s 5d Departmental Stage Properties
Scene Painters £5 15s 6d Internal Mr. Greenwood
Scene Painters £3 Internal Mr. Banks
Scene Painters £2 12s 6d Internal Meyrick Painter
Scene Painters £3 13s 6d Internal Clarke Do. [Painter]
Scene Painters £1 11s 6d Internal Marchbank Do. [Painter]
Candles (Tallow) £11 6s 6d External Rablus Tallow Chandler
Lighting (Other) £90 External Mr. Glossop Lighting
Bill Distribution £1 16s Internal Billstickers
Printing £20 6s 6d External Lowndes Printer
Management £63 Internal Principal Board of Management
Christmas Boxes £1 12s 6d External Inns of Court Xmas Boxes
Messengers and Porters £1 4s Internal Mr. Appleby
Messengers and Porters £1 4s Internal Mr. West
Unknown £2 10s Unknown Savoyards The nature of these "Savoyards" is unclear. They were only recorded in the 1802-03 account book, sometimes "in Pantomime". Probably they were musicians or onstage performers.
Brokerage £2 5s 6d External Heath Broker Levyg. Distress & Possession Relates to the preceding entry, "Daniel Mesman Old Renter".
Law £10 Internal Mr. Burgess
Renters' Shares £21 External Daniel Mesman Old Renter
Play Licences £4 4s External Licenses of Hero in the North and Hear both Sides
Tinworkers £1 11s 6d Internal Mr. Tuck Tinman
Tinworkers £1 9s 4d Departmental Tuck Tinman for Assistant
Total £1,140 1s 7d