Saturday 11 May 1805

Plays

Performances
The Beggar's Opera, Bon Ton; or High Life Above Stairs
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£175 19s 6d
Available Revenue
24%
Capacity
29%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £175 19s 6d £121 11s £53 3s 6d 12s 13s Odd money Headcount for first account: Box (159); Pit (328); F. Gall (112); and U. Gall. (105). Headcount for latter account: Box (260); Pit (82); F. Gall (88); and U. Gall (63).
Box   £47 14s £39
Pit   £57 8s £8 4s
First Gallery   £11 4s £4 8s
Upper Gallery   £5 5s £1 11s 6d
Other Income
Category Amount Notes
Uncategorised £8 Mr Raymond
Uncategorised 7s Goodman
Uncategorised 10s Watson
Uncategorised 5s Butler Mrs
Sub Total £9 2s
Total £185 1s 6d

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. Suett
Actors £12 Internal Mr. Dowton
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. Collins
Actors £8 Internal Mr. Raymond
Actors £9 Internal Mr. & Mrs. Mathews
Actors £7 Internal Mr. Powell
Actors £7 Internal Mr Wewitzer
Actors £7 Internal Mr Russell
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 Mrs. Sontley
Actors £5 Internal Miss Hicks
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 £3 Internal Mr. Lee
Actors £1 Internal Mast. Tokely
Actors £2 Internal Mrs. Gunning
Actors £3 Internal Miss Boyce
Actors £5 Internal Mr. Fisher and Daughter
Actors £47 5s Internal Mrs. Jordan
Cleaners £7 10s Internal Sweepers
Dancers £10 Internal Mr. Byrn
Dancers £4 Internal Mr. Grimaldi
Dancers £2 Internal Mr. Male
Dancers £2 Internal Mr. Byrn
Dancers £5 Internal Mrs. Sharp
Dancers £1 Internal Mrs. Wells
Dancers £1 Internal Mrs. Grimaldi
Dancers £12 10s Internal Mrs. Byrn Miss Benson Miss Watson Two Bristoes Miss Taylor Miss Vining Mrs. Brooker Miss Daniels Women Dancers
Dancers £10 10s Internal Men Dancers
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers £2 Internal Mr. Thompson
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers £1 10s Internal Bynam
Employees (Other) £33 6s 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
Housekeeping £20 Internal Mrs. Fosbrook House keeper
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
Security £4 10s Internal Constables
Security £5 5s Internal Soldiers
Security 14s Internal Rigge
Singers £16 Internal Mr. Kelly
Singers £6 Internal Mr. Borrows
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. Rhodes
Singers £1 5s Internal Mr. Elliott
Singers £1 Internal Mr Bond
Singers £1 10s Internal Miss Wentworth
Singers £1 10s Internal Mrs. Gardiner
Singers £1 Internal Miss Saunders
Singers £1 Internal Mrs. Coates
Singers £1 Internal Miss Williams
Singers £1 5s Internal Mrs. Butler
Stage Managers £25 4s Internal Mr. Wroughton Manager & Actor
Supernumeraries £11 4s Internal Supernumeraries
Treasurers £12 Internal Mr. Peake
Treasurers £1 Internal Assistant & Check Counter Apparently Dale's assistant and/or an assistant in the treasury. Presumably this payment relates to one person rather than two.
Treasurers £3 Internal Mr. Dunn
Music Copyists £1 Internal Wyber
Musicians (Band) £63 3s Internal The Band
Musicians (Band) £10 Internal Mr. Shaw
Musicians (Harps) £5 15s 6d Internal Weippart Harp
Musicians (Tabors and Pipes) £5 Internal Wyber Tabor & Pipe
Hair, Beards and Wigs £1 4s Internal Mrs. Brady
Dressers £11 5s Internal Dressers
Dressers £1 10s Internal Two Miss Smiths
Mantuamaking £3 Internal Miss Rein
Mantuamaking £20 5s Departmental Mantua's Do [Bill]
Tailoring £1 16s Internal Mr. Banks
Tailoring £9 17s Departmental Taylor's Bill
Wardrobe (Other) £2 Internal Wilson & Wife
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £44 4s 2d Departmental Carpenter's Bill
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £18 1s 7d Departmental Cabanel and Assistants
Production Design (Other) £10 Internal Mr. Johnstone
Production Design (Other) £3 3s Internal Mr. Underwood
Production Design (Other) £9 14s 10d Departmental Johnstone's Do [Bill]
Scene Painters £5 15s 6d Internal Mr. Greenwood
Scene Painters £3 Internal Mr. Banks
Scene Painters £17 11s Internal Maranari & Do [Assistants]
Scene Painters £35 1s 6d Internal Mr. Greenwoods Summer Salary
Candles (Tallow) £12 3s 11d External Rablus Tallow
Glass £16 2s External Heady & Lafount Glassmen 17s/ disct.
Lighting (Other) £84 External Mr. White Lighting
Bill Distribution £1 16s Internal Billstickers
Printing £21 6s External Lowndes Printer
Management £63 Internal Principal Board of Management
Benefit Payments £301 19s 6d Internal Master Betty's Benefit Money
Messengers and Porters £1 5s Internal Mr Chatterley
Messengers and Porters £1 4s Internal Appleby
Messengers and Porters £1 4s Internal West
Miscellaneous £15 External Standage for Goods on Acct.
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.
Annuities £50 External Thomas Annuitant
Annuities £9 13s 2d External Law Expences on Do [Thomas Annuitant]
Law £9 Internal Mr Burgess
Authorial Payments (Other) £50 External Mr. Hook Author of Soldier's return
Tinworkers £1 11s 6d Internal Tuck Tinman
Tinworkers £1 4s Departmental Tuck Tinman
Total £1,583 15s 8d