Saturday 1 December 1804

Plays

Performances
The Busy Body, Matrimony
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£305 10s 6d
Available Revenue
32%
Capacity
50%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Notes
Principal characters in The Busy Body: Sir George Airy, Mr Barrymore; Sir Francis Gripe, Mr Suett; Sir Jealous Traffic, Mr Dowton; Marplot, Mr Bannister; Miranda, Miss Duncan; Patch, Miss Pope

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £305 10s 6d £237 16s 6d £62 2s 6d £1 14s £3 17s 6d Odd money Headcount for first account: Box (263); Pit (647); F. Gall (364); and U. Gall. (186). Headcount for latter account: Box (290); Pit (80); F. Gall (152); and U. Gall (121).
Box   £78 18s £43 10s
Pit   £113 4s 6d £8
First Gallery   £36 8s £7 12s
Upper Gallery   £9 6s £3 6d
Other Income
Category Amount Notes
Uncategorised £4 14s 7d Mr Wewitzer
Uncategorised £4 Mrs Powell
Uncategorised 10s Mr Fisher
Uncategorised £4 Mr Suett
Sub Total £13 4s 7d
Total £318 15s 1d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Actors £19 2s Internal Mr Bannister
Actors £18 Internal Mr. Elliston
Actors £16 Internal Mr. Pope
Actors £15 Internal Mr. Johnstone
Actors £12 Internal Mr. Dowton
Actors £12 Internal Mr. Suett
Actors £20 Internal Mr. & Mrs. H. Johnstone
Actors £10 Internal Mr. Barrymore
Actors £9 Internal Mr. Palmer
Actors £8 Internal Mr. Cherry
Actors £8 Internal Mr. Raymond
Actors £8 Internal Mr. Collins
Actors £7 Internal Mr. Powell
Actors £7 Internal Mr. Wewitzer
Actors £7 Internal Mr. Russell
Actors £9 Internal Mr. & Mrs. Mathews
Actors £6 Internal Mr. Holland
Actors £5 Internal Mr. Decamp
Actors £4 Internal Mr. Bartley
Actors £3 Internal Mr. Packer
Actors £6 Internal Mr. & Mrs. Sparks
Actors £3 10s Internal Mr. & Mrs. Maddocks
Actors £2 Internal Mr. Waldron
Actors £2 Internal Mr. Fisher
Actors £14 Internal Mrs. Powell
Actors £11 Internal Miss Pope
Actors £10 Internal Miss Duncan
Actors £7 Internal Mrs. Ansell
Actors £6 Internal Mrs. Harlow
Actors £6 Internal Mrs. Johnstone
Actors £5 Internal Miss Mellon
Actors £5 Internal Miss Hicks
Actors £5 Internal Mrs. Sontley
Actors £3 Internal Mrs. Henry
Actors £2 10s Internal Miss Tidswell
Actors £2 Internal Mrs. Scott
Actors £1 10s Internal Mr. Purser
Actors £1 5s Internal Mr. Webb
Actors £1 Internal Mrs. Jones
Actors £1 10s Internal Mrs. Cuyler
Actors £2 Internal Mrs. Gunning
Actors £3 Internal Mr. Lee
Actors £1 Internal Master Tokeley
Actors £78 15s Internal Mrs. Jordan 6. Nights
Cleaners £7 10s Internal Sweepers
Dancers £10 Internal Mr. Byrn
Dancers £4 Internal Mr. Grimaldi
Dancers £2 Internal Mr. Male
Dancers £2 Internal Mast. Byrn
Dancers £5 Internal Mrs. Sharp
Dancers £1 Internal Mrs. Wells
Dancers £1 Internal Mrs. Grimaldi
Dancers £14 Internal Mrs. Byrn Miss Benson Miss Watson Miss Bristoe Miss C Bristoe Miss Taylor Miss Daniels Miss Vining Mrs. Brooker Miss Boyce Women Dancers
Dancers £10 10s Internal Men Dancers
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers £2 Internal Mr. Thompson
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers £1 10s Internal Bynam Stage doorkeeper
Employees (Other) £30 12s 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) £3 3s Internal Dale for Watchmen, Potts, Donnelly
Lamplighters £6 16s 6d Internal Lampmen
Performers (Other) £15 Internal Miss Decamp Maria Theresa De Camp, who acted, sung and danced.
Performers (Other) £4 Internal Miss Holloway
Performers (Other) £1 5s Internal Mr. Evans
Performers (Other) £1 5s Internal Miss Kelly
Performers (Other) £1 Internal Miss Menage
Performers (Other) £1 Internal Miss Decamp
Prompters £3 10s Internal Mr. Stokes
Prompters £5 Internal Mr. Powell Prompr
Security £4 10s Internal Constables
Security £5 5s Internal Soldiers
Security 14s Internal Rigge day Watch
Singers £16 Internal Mr. Kelly
Singers £6 Internal Mr. Borrowes
Singers £4 Internal Mr. Dignum
Singers £4 Internal Mr. Cooke
Singers £4 Internal Mr. Welsh
Singers £2 Internal Mr. Gibbons
Singers £12 12s Internal Mrs. Mountain
Singers £12 12s Internal Mrs. Bland
Singers £2 Internal Miss C. Hicks
Singers £1 10s Internal Mr. Danby
Singers £1 5s Internal Mr. Caulfield
Singers £1 5s Internal Mr. Cooke
Singers £1 5s Internal Mr. Elliott
Singers £1 Internal Mr Bond
Singers £1 10s Internal Mrs. Gardiner
Singers £1 5s Internal Rhodes
Singers £1 10s Internal Wentworth Miss
Singers £1 Internal Miss Saunders
Singers £1 Internal Miss Williams
Singers £1 Internal Mrs. Coates
Singers £1 5s Internal Mrs. Butler
Singers £1 Internal Mr. Fitzsimmons
Stage Managers £25 4s Internal Mr Wroughton Manager and Actor
Supernumeraries £9 14s Internal Supernumeraries
Treasurers £12 Internal Mr Peake
Treasurers £3 Internal Mr. Dunn
Music Copyists £1 Internal Wyber Junr.
Musicians (Band) £63 3s Internal The Band
Musicians (Band) £10 Internal Mr Shaw
Musicians (Trumpets) £2 5s Internal Trumpets Extra
Clothing Purchase (Footwear) £2 3s External Laver Bootmaker
Laundry and Dyeing 15s Departmental Blacking Soldiers Shoes
Hair, Beards and Wigs £1 4s Internal Mr Brady
Dressers £10 16s Internal Dressers
Dressers £1 10s Internal Two Miss Smiths
Mantuamaking £3 3s Internal Miss Rein There has evidently been a scribal error here, as Underwood and Rein, written one above the other, have been assigned each other's constant salaries on this day. Rein should have been (and presumably was) paid £3. But the error has been here retained, on the principle of fidelity to the account books.
Mantuamaking £39 9s 2d Departmental Mantua Do. [Bill]
Tailoring £1 16s Internal Banks Taylor
Tailoring £16 5s 7d Departmental Taylor's Do. [Bill]
Wardrobe (Other) £2 Internal Wilson & Wife
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £41 18s 7d Departmental Carpenters
Production Design (Other) £10 Internal Mr Johnstone
Production Design (Other) £3 Internal Mr. Underwood There has evidently been a scribal error here, as Underwood and Rein, written one above the other, have been assigned each other's constant salaries on this day. Underwood should have been (and presumably was) paid £3 3s. But the error has been here retained, on the principle of fidelity to the account books.
Production Design (Other) £10 17s 9d Departmental Johnstone's Bill
Scene Painters £5 15s 6d Internal Mr Greenwood
Scene Painters £3 Internal Mr. Banks
Scene Painters £4 4s Internal Smith Painter
Scene Painters £4 4s Internal Meyrick Do [Painter]
Candles (Tallow) £11 12s 4d External Rablus Tallow
Lighting (Other) £84 External Mr. White Lighting
Metals £73 3s External Bennett Ironmonger's Bill for Summer Work & the present Season
Timber £50 External Elsom Timer Merchant on Acct.
Bill Distribution £1 16s Internal Billstickers
Printing £21 9s External Lowndes Printer
Management £63 Internal Principal Board of Management by the Lord Chancellor's Order
Books, Paper and Stationery 18s 6d External Kernot for Ink
Charcoal 10s External Mr Greenwood for Charcoal
Messengers and Porters £1 5s Internal Mr. Chatterley
Messengers and Porters £1 4s Internal Appleby
Messengers and Porters £1 4s Internal West
Messengers and Porters 5s 6d Internal Appleby Messinger's Bill
Law £9 Internal Mr Burgess
Law £25 10s External Mr Wright Replevn Bonds
Law £4 4s External Expences to Mr. Arnold Atty. on the above [M. A. Taylor 3 Years to 1803 Old Renter]
Renters' Shares £60 External M. A. Taylor 3 Years to 1803 Old Renter
Authorial Payments (Other) £100 External Author of Matrimony
Tinworkers £1 11s 6d Internal Mr. Tuck Tinman
Tinworkers £1 19s 10d Departmental Tuck Tinman's Bill
Total £1,406 11s 9d