Saturday 1 February 1806

Plays

Performances
Douglas, The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£374 4s 6d
Available Revenue
59%
Capacity
61%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Notes
Principal characters in Douglas: Norval, the Young Roscius; Matilda, Mrs Powell

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £374 4s 6d £319 10s 6d £47 13s 6d £1 4s £5 16s 6d Odd Money
Total £374 4s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Actors £15 18s 4d Internal Mr Bannister
Actors £15 16s 8d Internal Mr. Elliston
Actors £12 10s Internal Mr. Johnstone
Actors £10 Internal Mr. Dowton
Actors £8 6s 8d Internal Mr Barrymore
Actors £8 6s 8d Internal Mr. Collins
Actors £8 6s 8d Internal Mr. Palmer
Actors £6 13s 4d Internal Mr. Raymond
Actors £6 13s 4d Internal Mr Cherry
Actors £13 6s 8d Internal Mr. & Mrs. H. Siddons
Actors £6 13s 4d Internal Mr. Russell
Actors £5 16s 8d Internal Mr. Powell
Actors £5 16s 8d Internal Mr. Wewitzer
Actors £8 6s 8d Internal Mr. & Mrs. Mathews
Actors £5 Internal Mr. Holland
Actors £5 Internal Mr. Decamp
Actors £4 3s 4d Internal Mr. Bartley
Actors £3 6s 8d Internal Mr. & Mrs. Fisher
Actors £2 18s 4d Internal Mr. & Mrs. Maddocks
Actors £2 10s Internal Mr. Purser
Actors £5 Internal Mr. & Mrs. Sparks
Actors £1 10d Internal Mr. Webb
Actors 16s 8d Internal Masr. Tokeley
Actors £12 10s Internal Mrs. Powell
Actors £10 Internal Miss Duncan
Actors £9 3s 4d Internal Miss Pope
Actors £5 16s 8d Internal Mrs. Ansell
Actors £5 Internal Miss Mellon
Actors £5 Internal Mrs. B. Johnstone
Actors £2 10s Internal Miss Tidswell
Actors £2 10s Internal Mrs. Scott
Actors £2 10s Internal Miss Boyce
Actors £1 5s Internal Mrs. Cuyler
Actors 16s 8d Internal Mrs. Jones
Actors £1 13s 4d Internal Mr. Packer
Actors £1 10d Internal Miss Benson
Actors £5 16s 8d Internal Mr. & Mrs. Dormer
Actors £47 5s Internal Mrs. Jordan
Actors £105 Internal Master Betty 2 Nights
Cleaners £6 5s Internal Sweepers
Dancers £1 13s 4d Internal Mr. Mayle
Dancers £4 3s 4d Internal Mrs. Sharp
Dancers 16s 8d Internal Mrs. Wells
Dancers £10 Internal Mr. Degville
Dancers £3 15s Internal Mr. Jubert
Dancers £3 6s 8d Internal Mr. G. Degville
Dancers £15 16s 8d Internal Madsle. Parisot
Dancers £1 5s Internal Miss Watson
Dancers £2 10s Internal Two Miss Bristoes
Dancers £1 10d Internal Miss Minton
Dancers £1 10d Internal Mrs. Barrett
Dancers £1 10d Internal Miss Taylor
Dancers £1 10d Internal Miss Daniels
Dancers £1 10d Internal Mrs. Brooker
Dancers £1 5s Internal Mr. Goodman
Dancers £1 5s Internal Mr. Hartland
Dancers £1 10d Internal Mr. Wells
Dancers £1 10d Internal Mr. Austin
Dancers £1 10d Internal Mr. Johnstone
Dancers £1 10d Internal Mr. Hope
Dancers £1 10d Internal Mr. Vials
Dancers £1 10d Internal Mr Broadhurst
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers £1 13s 4d Internal Mr. Thompson
House Servants (Other) £29 17s 6d Internal Servants List
House Servants (Other) £3 17s Internal Watchmen Potts Donnelly & Rigge
Housekeeping £1 13s 4d Internal Mrs. Burke
Lamplighters £9 7s 6d Internal Lampmen
Performers (Other) £1 10d Internal Mr. Evans
Performers (Other) £12 10s Internal Miss Decamp Maria Theresa De Camp, who acted, sung and danced.
Performers (Other) £3 6s 8d Internal Miss Holloway
Performers (Other) £1 10d Internal Miss Kelly
Performers (Other) 16s 8d Internal Miss Menage
Performers (Other) 16s 8d Internal Miss Decamp
Prompters £2 18s 4d Internal Mr. Stokes
Prompters £5 Internal Mr. Powell Prompter
Security £4 7s 6d Internal Soldiers
Security £3 15s Internal Constables
Singers £25 Internal Mr. Braham
Singers £13 6s 8d Internal Mr. Kelly
Singers £3 6s 8d Internal Mr. Dignum
Singers £3 6s 8d Internal Mr. Welsh
Singers £3 6s 8d Internal Mr. Cooke
Singers £2 10s Internal Mr. Gibbons
Singers £1 5s Internal Mr. Danby
Singers £1 10d Internal Mr. Caulfield
Singers £1 10d Internal Mr. Cooke
Singers £1 10d Internal Mr. Elliott
Singers £1 10d Internal Mr. Rhodes
Singers 16s 8d Internal Mr. Bond
Singers £1 10d Internal Mr. Fitzsimmons
Singers £35 Internal Madme. Storace
Singers £10 10s Internal Mrs. Mountain
Singers £10 10s Internal Mrs. Bland
Singers £1 5s Internal Mrs. Gardiner
Singers £1 10d Internal Mrs. Butler
Singers 16s 8d Internal Miss Saunders
Singers 16s 8d Internal Mrs. Coates
Singers 16s 8d Internal Miss Selwin
Singers £4 3s 4d Internal Mr. Miller
Singers £1 10d Internal Miss Howells BD vol. 8, pp. 6-8, records two female singers named Howells active at this time. Neither of them matches up to the Miss Howells appearing in the 1805-06 Drury Lane account book at a £1 5s weekly salary: the first, "Miss Howells", flourished only 1798-1800; the second, Fanny Howells, did not perform at Drury Lane until 1816. However, BD expresses no knowledge of "Miss Howells's" post-1800 career. Moreover, a £1 5s weekly salary would be appropriate for a singer. It therefore seems fair to categorise the relevant payments as "Singers" and to suggest that the recipient may well have been Bd's 1798-1800 "Miss Howells".
Singers £15 Internal Chorus
Stage Managers £21 Internal Mr. Wroughton
Supernumeraries £13 3s Internal Supernums.
Treasurers £12 Internal Mr. Peake
Treasurers £3 Internal Mr. Dunn
Treasurers £1 10s Internal Mr. R Peake
Music Copyists £1 5s Internal Mr. Wyber
Music Copyists £28 13s 2d Internal Music Copying of the Travellers
Musicians (Band) £52 12s 6d Internal The Band
Musicians (Band) £8 6s 8d Internal Mr. Shaw
Musicians (Harps) £6 16s 6d Internal Weippert Harp
Musicians (Other) £13 11s 6d Internal D. of Cambridges Band
Musicians (Side Drums) 15s Internal Side Drums
Musicians (Trumpets) £3 15s Internal Trumpets
Clothing Material (Haberdashery) £33 7s 9d External Williams Button maker
Clothing Purchase (Footwear) £1 15s External Mrs. Sharp for Shoes
Hair, Beards and Wigs £1 Internal Mr. Brady
Dressers £9 15s Internal Dressers
Dressers £2 Internal Two Miss Smiths
Mantuamaking £3 Internal Miss Rein
Mantuamaking £27 6s 1d Departmental Mantua
Tailoring £2 Internal Mr. Banks Taylor
Tailoring £13 3s Departmental Taylor
Wardrobe (Other) £2 Internal Wilson & Wife
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £56 14s 8d Departmental Carpenters
Production Design (Other) £10 Internal Mr. Johnston
Production Design (Other) £3 3s Internal Mr. Underwood
Production Design (Other) £11 14s 8d Departmental Johnstone's Bill
Properties £34 15s 1d Departmental Caton Stage Properties
Scene Painters £6 6s Internal Mr. Greenwood
Scene Painters £3 3s Internal Mr. Banks
Scene Painters' Supplies £28 10s 1d External Mr. Manby Colours
Weaponry £25 External Mr. Gridler Sword Cutler
Candles (Tallow) £16 3s 7d External Rablus Tallow
Construction £50 External Stutely Bricklayer
Glass £20 External Heady Glassman
Lighting (Other) £66 5s External Mr. Glossop Lighting
Metals £40 External Mr Bennett Ironmonger
Timber £100 External Elsom for Timber
Turnery £20 External Scott for Turnery
Bill Distribution £1 16s Internal Billstickers
Printing £21 9s 6d External Printer
Management £52 10s Internal Principal Board of Management 5 days
Food and Drink £5 External Carpenters Dinners as usual
Messengers and Porters £1 10d Internal Mr. Chatterley
Messengers and Porters £1 4s Internal Mr. Appleby
Messengers and Porters £1 4s Internal Mr. West
Messengers and Porters 5s Internal Appleby Messages
Annuities £5 5s 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.
Law £9 Internal Mr. Burgess
Authorial Payments (Other) £100 External Author of Travellers
Tinworkers £1 11s 6d Internal Mr. Tuck Tinman
Tinworkers £2 16s External Tinman's Assistants
Total £1,621 11s 7d