Saturday 26 April 1806

Plays

Performances
The Jealous Wife, The Forty Thieves
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£401 6d
Available Revenue
76%
Capacity
66%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Notes
Principal characters in The Jealous Wife: Oakly, Mr Wroughton; Russet, Mr Dowton; Captain O'Cutter, Mr Johnstone; Mrs Oakly, Miss Duncan

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £401 6d £305 4s £86 17s 6d 18s £8 1s Odd Money
Other Income
Category Amount Notes
Stoppages £8 Mr Raymond
Stoppages £31 5s 8d Mr Dowton
Stoppages £35 19s 3d Mr Russell
Stoppages 12s 6d Mrs Butler
Stoppages £2 Mr Fisher
Sub Total £77 17s 5d
Total £478 17s 11d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Actors £19 2s Internal Mr. Bannister
Actors £19 Internal Mr. Elliston
Actors £15 Internal Mr. Johnstone
Actors £12 Internal Mr. Dowton
Actors £10 Internal Mr. Barrymore
Actors £10 Internal Mr. Palmer
Actors £10 Internal Mr. Collins
Actors £8 Internal Mr. Cherry
Actors £8 Internal Mr. Raymond
Actors £8 Internal Mr. Russell
Actors £16 Internal Mr. & Mrs. H. Siddons
Actors £10 Internal Mr. & Mrs. Mathews
Actors £7 Internal Mr. Powell
Actors £7 Internal Mr. Wewitzer
Actors £6 Internal Mr. Holland
Actors £6 Internal Mr. Decamp
Actors £5 Internal Mr. Bartley
Actors £4 Internal Mr. & Mrs. Fisher
Actors £3 10s Internal Mr. & Mrs. Maddocks
Actors £3 Internal Mr. Purser
Actors £6 Internal Mr. & Mrs. Sparks
Actors £1 5s Internal Mr. Webb
Actors £1 Internal Master Tokeley
Actors £15 Internal Mrs. Powell
Actors £12 Internal Miss Duncan
Actors £11 Internal Miss Pope
Actors £7 Internal Mrs. Ansell
Actors £6 Internal Mrs. Johnstone
Actors £6 Internal Miss Mellon
Actors £3 Internal Miss Tidswell
Actors £3 Internal Miss Boyce
Actors £3 Internal Mrs. Scott
Actors £1 10s Internal Mrs. Cuyler
Actors £1 Internal Mrs. Jones
Actors £7 Internal Mr. & Mrs. Dormer
Actors £2 Internal Mr. Packer
Actors £1 5s Internal Miss Benson
Actors £47 5s Internal Mrs. Jordan
Cleaners £7 10s Internal Sweepers
Cleaners £5 17s Internal Sweepers Bye days
Dancers £2 Internal Mr. Mayle
Dancers £5 Internal Mrs. Sharp
Dancers £1 Internal Mrs. Wells
Dancers £12 Internal Mr. Degville
Dancers £4 10s Internal Mr. Jubert
Dancers £4 Internal Mr. G. Degville
Dancers £19 Internal Madsle. Parisot
Dancers £1 10s Internal Miss Watson
Dancers £3 Internal Two Bristoes
Dancers £1 5s Internal Miss Minton
Dancers £1 5s Internal Mrs. Barrett
Dancers £1 5s Internal Miss Taylor
Dancers £1 5s Internal Mrs. Brooker
Dancers £1 5s Internal Miss Daniels
Dancers £1 10s Internal Mr Goodman
Dancers £1 10s Internal Mr. Bezand
Dancers £1 5s Internal Mr. Austin
Dancers £1 5s Internal Mr. Vials
Dancers £1 5s Internal Mr. Hope
Dancers £1 5s Internal Mr. Broadhurst
Dancers £1 5s Internal Mr Johnstone
Dancers £1 5s Internal Mr Wells
Dancers £8 5s Internal Degville's Pupils
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers £2 Internal Mr. Thompson
House Servants (Other) £35 17s Internal Servants List
House Servants (Other) £3 3s Internal Mr. Potts Watchmen & Donnelly
Housekeeping £2 Internal Mrs. Burke
Housekeeping £5 5s Internal Millington on Account of Salary Millington does not appear in BD, but the list of 1807 Drury Lane engagements (Folger W. b. 82) calls him the superintendant of stores, and the account books record occasional payments to him for miscellaneous objects and materials. Thus he is here understood to have been a housekeeper.
Lamplighters £8 4s 6d Internal Lampmen
Performers (Other) £1 5s Internal Mr. Evans
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 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 £5 5s Internal Soldiers
Security £4 10s Internal Constables
Security 14s Internal Mr. Rigge day Watch
Singers £30 Internal Mr. Braham
Singers £16 Internal Mr. Kelly
Singers £4 Internal Mr. Dignum
Singers £4 Internal Mr. Welsh
Singers £4 Internal Mr. Cooke
Singers £3 Internal Mr. Gibbons
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 5s Internal Mr. Rhodes
Singers £1 5s Internal Mr. Fitzsimmons
Singers £1 Internal Master Bond
Singers £42 Internal Madme. Storace
Singers £12 12s Internal Mrs. Mountain
Singers £12 12s Internal Mrs. Bland
Singers £1 10s Internal Mrs. Gardiner
Singers £1 5s Internal Mrs. Butler
Singers £1 Internal Miss Saunders
Singers £1 Internal Miss Selwin
Singers £1 Internal Mrs. Coates
Singers £5 Internal Mr. Miller
Singers £1 5s 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 £10 Internal Chorus
Singers £15 4s 6d Internal Sale for Extra Chorus Boys
Stage Managers £25 4s Internal Mr. Wroughton Manager & Actor
Supernumeraries £31 12s Internal Supernumeraries
Treasurers £12 Internal Mr. Peake
Treasurers £3 Internal Mr. Dunn
Treasurers £1 10s Internal Mr. R. Peake
Music Copyists £1 5s Internal Mr. Wyber
Musicians (Band) £63 3s Internal The Band
Musicians (Band) £10 Internal Mr Shaw
Musicians (Other) £26 6s Internal D. of Cambridge's Band
Musicians (Other) £7 17s 6d Internal Reeve Playg. Bells
Musicians (Other) £7 17s 6d Internal Flack Bugle Horn
Musicians (Other) £1 Internal Tamplin Bugle Horn
Musicians (Other) £1 1s Internal Degville Extra Violin for Dancers
Musicians (Trumpets) £3 Internal Trumpets Extra
Clothing Material (Wool) £50 External Mr. Marchant Clothier
Clothing Purchase (Other) 13s 6d Internal Willson making Ruffs
Hair, Beards and Wigs £1 4s Internal Mr. Brady
Dressers £11 14s Internal Dressers
Dressers £2 Internal Two Miss Smiths
Dressers 19s Internal Dressing Dancers
Dressers £1 2s Internal Dressing Camels & Swans
Dressers 14s Internal Dressing Boys
Mantuamaking £3 Internal Miss Rein
Mantuamaking £8 16s 4d Departmental Mantua's Do. [Bill]
Tailoring £2 Internal Mr. Banks Taylor
Tailoring £8 16s 6d Departmental Taylor's Bill
Wardrobe (Other) £2 Internal Mr. & Mrs. Wilson
Canvas £50 External Mr. Foulks Canvas
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £53 3s 7d Departmental Carpenters
Fireworks £1 10s 3d External Hunt fireworks
Production Design (Other) £10 Internal Mr. Johnstone
Production Design (Other) £3 3s Internal Mr. Underwood
Production Design (Other) £19 5s 11d Departmental Johnstone's Bill
Scene Painters £6 6s Internal Mr. Greenwood
Scene Painters £3 3s Internal Mr. Banks
Scene Painters £12 Internal Williams for Greenwood's Judgment
Candles (Tallow) £11 1s External Tallow Chandler
Lighting (Other) £79 10s External Lighting Glossop
Bill Distribution £1 16s Internal Billstickers
Printing £22 12s External Lowndes Printer
Management £63 Internal Principal Board of Management
Benefit Payments £309 17s 6d Internal Mrs. Jordan's clear Benefit
Books, Paper and Stationery £1 16s 8d External Thisilton for Paper &c.
Food and Drink 16s External Brandy for Men in the Camels
Messengers and Porters £1 5s Internal Mr. Chatterley
Messengers and Porters £1 4s Internal Mr. Appleby
Messengers and Porters £1 4s Internal Mr. West
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.
Law £9 Internal Mr. Burgess
Tinworkers £1 11s 6d Internal Mr. Tuck Tinman
Total £1,641 12s 9d