Saturday 26 February 1803

Plays

Performances
The Hero of the North, The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphosed
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£389 6s 6d
Available Revenue
55%
Capacity
64%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Notes
Principal characters in The Devil to Pay: Jobson, Mr Bannister, jun.; Nell, Mrs Jordan

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £389 6s 6d £299 14s 6d £86 18s £2 14s £0 Headcount for first account: Box (465), plus Free Box (536); Pit (633), plus Free Pit (51); F. Gall (389), plus Free F. Gall (19); and U. Gall. (211). Headcount for latter account: Box (437), plus Free Box (77); Pit (36), plus Free Pit (7); F. Gall (129); and U. Gall (152).
Box   £139 10s £73 1s
Pit   £110 15s 6d £3 12s
First Gallery   £38 18s £6 9s
Upper Gallery   £10 11s £3 16s
Total £389 6s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Actors £11 6s 8d Internal Do. [Mr. Bannister] Actor
Actors £16 13s 4d Internal Mr. & Mrs. Pope
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 £8 Internal Mr. Suett
Actors £7 6s 8d Internal Mr. C. Kemble
Actors £6 13s 4d Internal Mr. Barrymore
Actors £6 Internal Mr. Palmer
Actors £5 6s 8d Internal Mr. Dowton
Actors £5 6s 8d Internal Mr. Wathen
Actors £5 6s 8d Internal Mr. Raymond
Actors £5 6s 8d Internal Mr. Cherry
Actors £4 13s 4d Internal Mr. Dwyer
Actors £4 Internal Mr. Powell
Actors £3 6s 8d Internal Mr. Holland
Actors £4 Internal Mr. Caulfield
Actors £2 13s 4d Internal Mr. Collins
Actors £2 Internal Mr. Packer
Actors £2 Internal Mr. Decamp
Actors £3 Internal Mr. & Mrs. Sparks
Actors £2 6s 8d Internal Mr. & Mrs. Maddocks
Actors £4 Internal Mr. Wewitzer
Actors £1 6s 8d Internal Mr. Fisher
Actors £1 6s 8d Internal Mr. Waldron
Actors £7 6s 8d Internal Miss Pope
Actors £6 13s 4d Internal Mrs. Powell
Actors £6 13s 4d Internal Mrs. Younge
Actors £5 6s 8d Internal Mrs. Glover
Actors £3 6s 8d Internal Miss Mellon
Actors £3 6s 8d Internal Mrs. Ansell
Actors £4 Internal Mrs. Harlow
Actors £2 Internal Miss Campbell
Actors £1 13s 4d Internal Miss Tidswell
Actors £1 6s 8d Internal Mrs. Scott
Actors £2 Internal Miss Hicks
Actors £47 5s Internal Mrs. Jordan
Actors £4 Internal Mr. Russell
Actors £2 13s 4d Internal Mr. Hollingsworth
Actors £2 Internal Mr. Bartley
Actors £2 Internal Mrs. Henry
Actors £1 8s Internal Mr. Bannister Senr.
Actors £1 Internal Mr. Purser
Actors 16s 8d Internal Mr. Webb
Actors £1 Internal Mrs. Cuyler
Actors 13s 4d Internal Mrs. Jones
Actors 13s 4d Internal Mrs. Fisher
Actors 13s 4d Internal Wm. Chatterley
Cleaners 12s Internal Mr. Donnelly
Cleaners £5 Internal Sweepers
Dancers £2 13s 4d Internal Mr. Grimaldi
Dancers £6 13s 4d Internal Mr. Byrne
Dancers £1 6s 8d Internal Mr. Mayle
Dancers £2 Internal Miss B. Menage
Dancers 16s 8d Internal Mrs. Haskey
Dancers 13s 4d Internal Miss Bristoe
Dancers 13s 4d Internal Mrs. Grimaldi
Dancers 13s 4d Internal Miss Watson
Dancers 13s 4d Internal Mrs. Wells
Dancers £4 16s 8d Internal Men Dancers
Dancers £5 16s 8d Internal Women Do. [Dancers]
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers £1 6s 8d Internal Mr. Thompson
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers 13s 4d Internal Mr. Graham
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers 6s 8d Internal Graham 2 Extra days
Employees (Other) £22 14s 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 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 Mr. Potts
Housekeeping £1 6s 8d Internal Mrs. Fosbrook
Lamplighters £6 16s 6d Internal Lampmen
Performers (Other) £1 6s 8d Internal Miss Ferraris
Performers (Other) 16s 8d Internal Mr. Evans
Performers (Other) 6s 8d Internal Master Blanchard
Performers (Other) 13s 4d Internal Mrs. Blanchard
Performers (Other) 13s 4d Internal Miss Kelly
Performers (Other) 13s 4d Internal Miss Menage
Performers (Other) 13s 4d 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) 13s 4d Internal Mrs. Wragg
Prompters £2 13s 4d Internal Mr. Powell Prompr
Prompters £2 Internal Mr. Stokes
Security 12s Internal Mr. Rigg
Security £1 16s Internal Watchmen
Security £3 Internal Constables
Security £3 10s Internal Soldiers
Singers £10 13s 4d Internal Mr. Kelly
Singers £4 Internal Mr. Sedgwick
Singers £2 13s 4d Internal Mr. Dignum
Singers £2 13s 4d Internal Mr. Cooke
Singers £1 6s 8d Internal Mr. Welsh
Singers £4 13s 4d Internal Mrs. Crouch
Singers £8 Internal Mrs. Bland
Singers £8 Internal Mrs. Mountain
Singers £4 13s 4d Internal Miss Stephens
Singers £3 6s 8d Internal Miss Tyrer
Singers £1 Internal Mr. Danby
Singers £1 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 16s 8d Internal Mr. Caulfield
Singers 16s 8d Internal Mr. Cooke
Singers 16s 8d Internal Mr. Elliott
Singers 13s 4d Internal Mr. Heather
Singers 13s 4d Internal Mr. Rhodes
Singers £1 Internal Miss Arne
Singers £1 Internal Miss Hicks
Singers £1 Internal Miss Wentworth
Singers 16s 8d Internal Mrs. Butler
Singers 13s 4d Internal Mrs. Coates
Singers 13s 4d Internal Miss Saunders
Singers 13s 4d Internal Miss Williams
Singers £10 Internal Chorus
Stage Managers £6 Internal Mr. Bannister Manager
Supernumeraries £24 15s Internal Supernumeraries
Treasurers £10 Internal R. Wilson Esq. Auditor
Treasurers £1 13s 4d Internal Mr. Dunn
Treasurers £8 13s 4d Internal Mr. Peake
Music Copyists £1 Internal Mr. Wyber
Music Copyists 6s 8d Internal Wyber Junr.
Musicians (Band) £41 2s Internal Band in the Orchestra
Musicians (Band) £5 6s 8d Internal Mr. Shaw Leader of the Band
Musicians (Harps) £5 5s Internal Weippert Harp
Musicians (Other) £4 5s Internal Dressler Trombone
Clothing Material (Haberdashery) £8 5s External Smart for Buttons
Laundry and Dyeing £1 14s 11d Internal Booth Washing
Laundry and Dyeing 13s Internal Clearstarchers Bill
Hair, Beards and Wigs 16s Internal Mrs. Brady
Dressers 10s Internal Mr. L. Smith Seemingly a scribal error for "Miss L. Smith", unless meaning that a relative of hers was paid for her.
Dressers £1 Internal Miss A. Smith
Dressers £6 18s Internal Dressers
Mantuamaking £3 Internal Miss Rein
Mantuamaking £13 11s 2d Departmental Mantua Sundry Bills to Miss Rein
Mantuamaking £1 11s Departmental Do. [Mantua] Women at Work
Tailoring £1 16s Internal Mr. Gay Taylor
Tailoring £6 10d Departmental Taylor's Bill to complete last Wk.
Tailoring £20 6s 6d Departmental Do. [Taylor's Bill] this Week
Wardrobe (Other) £1 Internal Mr. Phillimore
Canvas £50 External Mr. Foulkes on Account for Canvas
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £53 10s 4d Departmental Carpenter's
Production Design (Other) £6 Internal Mr. Johnstone
Production Design (Other) £3 3s Internal Mr. Underwood
Production Design (Other) £10 7d Departmental Mr. Johnstone's Bill
Properties £2 3s 10d Departmental Stage Properties
Scene Painters £5 15s 6d Internal Mr. Greenwood
Scene Painters £3 Internal Mr. Banks
Scene Painters' Supplies £20 External Mr. Butler on Account for Colours
Candles (Tallow) £9 18s External Rablus Tallow Chandler
Lighting (Other) £60 External Mr Glossop
Turnery £18 8s 2d External Askwith Turnery in full
Bill Distribution £1 16s Internal Billstickers
Printing £20 5s 6d External Lowndes Printer
Management £42 Internal Principal Board of Management
Books, Paper and Stationery 1s External Rect. Stamp for Do. [Hero of the North]
Messengers and Porters 10s Internal R. Chatterley
Messengers and Porters £1 4s Internal Mr. Appleby
Messengers and Porters £1 4s Internal Mr. West
Messengers and Porters £1 5s 6d Internal Appleby Messinger
Unknown £1 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.
Law £6 13s 4d Internal Mr. Burgess
Authorial Payments (Other) £100 External Mr. Diomond on Acct. of Hero of the North
Tinworkers £1 11s 6d Internal Mr. Tuck Tinman
Total £983 14s 10d