Saturday 17 May 1806

Plays

Performances
Tancred and Sigismunda, Miss in her Teens
Event Type
Benefit
Revenue
£440 16s
Available Revenue
65%
Capacity
72%
Beneficiary(ies)
William Betty
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Charge
Free
Additional Charge
N/A

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £301 18s £237 18s 6d £51 10s 6d £3 18s £8 11s Odd Money
Beneficiaries
Tickets Amount Box Pit Gallery Total
William Betty £138 18s N/A N/A N/A N/A
Other Income
Category Amount Notes
Stoppages £3 Mr Fisher
Stoppages 12s 6d Mrs Butler
Sub Total £3 12s 6d
Total £444 8s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Benefit Payments £387 8s 6d Internal Mr. Braham's Clear Benefit
Lighting (Other) £79 10s External Mr. Glossop Lightg.
Management £63 Internal Principal Board of Management
Musicians (Band) £63 3s Internal The Band
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £53 15s 9d Departmental Carpenters
Actors £52 10s Internal Mast. Betty One Night
Coal £50 External Mr. Jones Coal Merchant
Clothing Material (Decorations) £50 External Mr. Turner for Spangles
Singers £42 Internal Mad. Storace
House Servants (Other) £35 17s Internal Servants List
Singers £35 2s 6d Internal Children in Chorus & Trio of Travellers 26 Nts.
Singers £30 Internal Mr. Braham
Clothing Purchase (Footwear) £30 External Mr. Kellman Shoemaker
Musicians (Other) £26 6s Internal D. of Cambridge's Band
Stage Managers £25 4s Internal Mr Wroughton Actor & Manager
Supernumeraries £25 12s Internal Supernumeraries
Printing £21 10s External Printer
Actors £19 2s Internal Mr Bannister
Actors £19 Internal Mr. Elliston
Dancers £19 Internal Madsle. Parisot
Singers £16 Internal Mr. Kelly
Actors £16 Internal Mr. & Mrs. H. Siddons
Actors £15 Internal Mr. Johnstone
Performers (Other) £15 Internal Miss Decamp Maria Theresa De Camp, who acted, sung and danced.
Actors £15 Internal Mrs. Powell
Actors £15 15s Internal Mrs. Jordan
Mantuamaking £15 12s 6d Departmental Mantua's Bill
Actors £12 Internal Mr. Dowton
Singers £12 12s Internal Mrs. Mountain
Singers £12 12s Internal Mrs. Bland
Actors £12 Internal Miss Duncan
Dancers £12 Internal Mr. Degville
Singers £12 10s Internal Chorus
Scene Painters £12 Internal Williams for Greenwood
Actors £11 Internal Miss Pope
Dressers £11 14s Internal Dressers
Actors £10 Internal Mr. Barrymore
Actors £10 Internal Mr. Palmer
Actors £10 Internal Mr. & Mrs. Mathews
Musicians (Band) £10 Internal Mr. Shaw
Production Design (Other) £10 Internal Mr. Johnstone
Candles (Tallow) £10 16s 4d External Tallow Chandler
Production Design (Other) £10 19s 2d Departmental Johnstone
Actors £8 Internal Mr. Cherry
Actors £8 Internal Mr. Raymond
Actors £8 Internal Mr. Russell
Lamplighters £8 4s 6d Internal Lampmen
Dancers £8 5s Internal Degville's Pupils
Actors £7 Internal Mr. Powell
Actors £7 Internal Mr. Wewitzer
Actors £7 Internal Mrs. Ansell
Actors £7 Internal Mr. & Mrs. Dormer
Cleaners £7 10s Internal Sweepers
Actors £6 Internal Mr. Holland
Actors £6 Internal Mr. Decamp
Actors £6 Internal Mr. & Mrs. Sparks
Actors £6 Internal Miss Mellon
Actors £6 Internal Mrs. Johnstone
Scene Painters £6 6s Internal Mr. Greenwood
Tailoring £6 8s 6d Departmental Taylor's Bill
Actors £5 Internal Mr. Bartley
Dancers £5 Internal Mrs. Sharp
Singers £5 Internal Mr. Miller
Security £5 5s Internal Soldiers
Prompters £5 Internal Mr. Powell
Singers £4 Internal Mr. Dignum
Singers £4 Internal Mr Welsh
Singers £4 Internal Mr. Cooke
Actors £4 Internal Mr. & Mrs. Fisher
Performers (Other) £4 Internal Miss Holloway
Dancers £4 10s Internal Mr. Jubert
Dancers £4 Internal Mr. G. Degville
Security £4 10s Internal Constables
Housekeeping £4 4s Internal Mr. Millington 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.
Prompters £3 10s Internal Mr. Stokes
Singers £3 Internal Mr. Gibbons
Actors £3 10s Internal Mr. & Mrs. Maddocks
Actors £3 Internal Mr. Purser
Actors £3 Internal Miss Tidswell
Actors £3 Internal Mrs. Scott
Actors £3 Internal Miss Boyce
Dancers £3 Internal Two Miss Bristoes
Scene Painters £3 3s Internal Mr Banks
Production Design (Other) £3 3s Internal Mr. Underwood
Mantuamaking £3 Internal Miss Rein
Treasurers £3 Internal Mr. Dunn
House Servants (Other) £3 3s Internal Watchmen Potts & Donnelly
Musicians (Trumpets) £3 15s Internal Trumpets Extra
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers £2 Internal Mr. Thompson
Dancers £2 Internal Mr. Mayle
Housekeeping £2 Internal Mrs. Burke
Actors £2 Internal Mr. Packer
Dressers £2 Internal Two Miss Smiths
Tailoring £2 Internal Mr Banks Taylor
Wardrobe (Other) £2 Internal Mr. & Mrs. Wilson
Messengers and Porters £1 5s Internal Mr. Chatterley
Hair, Beards and Wigs £1 4s Internal Mr. Brady
Singers £1 10s Internal Mr. Danby
Singers £1 5s Internal Mr. Caulfield
Actors £1 5s Internal Mr. Webb
Performers (Other) £1 5s Internal Mr. Evans
Singers £1 5s Internal Mr. Cooke
Singers £1 5s Internal Mr. Elliott
Singers £1 5s Internal Mr. Rhodes
Singers £1 5s Internal Mr. Fitzsimmons
Actors £1 Internal Mast. Tokeley
Singers £1 Internal Mast. Bond
Actors £1 10s Internal Mrs. Cuyler
Singers £1 10s Internal Mrs. Gardiner
Singers £1 5s Internal Mrs. Butler
Performers (Other) £1 5s Internal Miss Kelly
Singers £1 Internal Miss Saunders
Dancers £1 Internal Mrs. Wells
Actors £1 Internal Mrs. Jones
Performers (Other) £1 Internal Miss Menage
Performers (Other) £1 Internal Miss Decamp
Singers £1 Internal Miss Selwin
Singers £1 Internal Mrs. Coates
Dancers £1 10s Internal Miss Watson
Dancers £1 5s Internal Miss Minton
Dancers £1 5s Internal Mrs. Barrett
Dancers £1 5s Internal Miss Taylor
Actors £1 5s Internal Miss Benson
Dancers £1 5s Internal Miss Daniels
Dancers £1 5s Internal Mrs. Brooker
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".
Dancers £1 10s Internal Mr. Goodman
Dancers £1 5s Internal Mr. Bezand
Dancers £1 5s Internal Mr. Wells
Dancers £1 5s Internal Mr. Austin
Dancers £1 5s Internal Mr. Johnstone
Dancers £1 5s Internal Mr. Hope
Dancers £1 5s Internal Mr Broadhurst
Dancers £1 5s Internal Mr. Vials
Treasurers £1 10s Internal Mr. R Peake
Tinworkers £1 11s 6d Internal Mr. Tuck Tinman
Messengers and Porters £1 4s Internal Mr. Appleby
Messengers and Porters £1 4s Internal Mr. West
Music Copyists £1 5s Internal Mr. Wyber
Bill Distribution £1 16s Internal Billstickers
Musicians (Other) £1 15s Internal Tamplin Bugle Horn
Performers (Other) £1 Internal Miss Kelly Extra
Security 14s Internal Rigge day Watch
Fireworks 11s External Hunt for Fireworks
Dressers 10s Internal Mrs. Appleby Dressg. Children
Dressers 18s Internal Women Do. [Dressg. Children]
Total £1,717 11s 3d