Saturday 14 November 1807

Plays

Performances
Much Ado About Nothing, The Divorce
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£247 12s 6d
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
41%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Notes
Principal characters in Much Ado About Nothing: Benedick, Mr Elliston; Beatrice, Mrs Jordan

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £247 6s 6d £191 5s 6d £52 19s 6d 6s £2 15s 6d Odd money Headcount for first account: Box (309); Pit (493); F. Gall (90); and U. Gall. (66). Headcount for latter account: Box (266); Pit (85); F. Gall (56); and U. Gall (71).
Box   £92 14s £39 18s
Pit   £86 5s 6d £8 10s
First Gallery   £9 £2 16s
Upper Gallery   £3 6s £1 15s 6d
Door Receipts 6s 6s £0 £0 £0 P. Boxes [Private Boxes]
Total £247 12s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Actors £28 Internal Mr. Elliston
Actors £19 2s Internal Mr. Bannister
Actors £15 Internal Mr. Johnstone
Actors £14 Internal Mr. Dowton
Actors £14 Internal Mr. & Mrs. Mathews
Actors £16 Internal Mr. & Mrs. H. Siddons
Actors £10 Internal Mr. Palmer
Actors £10 Internal Mr. Barrymore
Actors £9 Internal Mr. Russell
Actors £8 Internal Mr. Raymond
Actors £8 Internal Mr. Decamp
Actors £7 Internal Mr. Powell
Actors £7 Internal Mr. Wewitzer
Actors £6 Internal Mr. Penley
Actors £6 Internal Mr. Holland
Actors £5 Internal Mr. Eyre
Actors £5 Internal Mr. Purser
Actors £3 Internal Mr. Fisher
Actors £6 Internal Mr. & Mrs. Sparks
Actors £3 10s Internal Mr. & Mrs. Maddocks
Actors £5 Internal Mr. & Miss Ray
Actors £1 10s Internal Mr. Tokeley
Actors £1 5s Internal Mr. Webb
Actors £30 Internal Mrs. Jordan
Actors £15 Internal Mrs. Powell
Actors £15 Internal Miss Duncan
Actors £11 Internal Miss Pope
Actors £7 Internal Miss Mellon
Actors £6 Internal Mrs. Harlow
Actors £4 Internal Miss Boyce
Actors £3 Internal Miss Tidswell
Actors £3 Internal Mrs. Scott
Actors £1 10s Internal Mrs. Cuyler
Actors £1 Internal Mrs. Jones
Actors £1 Internal Miss Mortimer
Actors £10 Internal Mrs. Johnstone
Cleaners £7 10s Internal Sweepers
Cleaners £1 1s Internal Sweepers Grouped together with other entries as "Petty Incidents".
Dancers £18 Internal Mr. Degville
Dancers £8 Internal Mr. Laurent
Dancers £4 10s Internal Mr. Jubert
Dancers £4 Internal Mr. Fairbrother
Dancers £2 Internal Mr. Hartland
Dancers £2 Internal Mr. Mayle
Dancers £5 Internal Mrs. Sharp
Dancers £4 Internal Miss Gayton
Dancers £2 Internal Miss Bristoe
Dancers £1 5s Internal Mrs. Brooker
Dancers £1 Internal Mrs. Wells
Dancers £1 10s Internal Goodwin Listed under "Men Dancers".
Dancers £1 10s Internal Mr. Austin Listed under "Men Dancers".
Dancers £1 5s Internal Mr. Hope Listed under "Men Dancers".
Dancers £1 5s Internal Mr. Broadhurst Listed under "Men Dancers".
Dancers £1 5s Internal Mr. Vials Listed under "Men Dancers".
Dancers £1 5s Internal Mr. Wells Listed under "Men Dancers".
Dancers £1 10s Internal Mrs. Barrett
Dancers £1 10s Internal Mrs. Ryalls
Dancers £1 10s Internal Miss Watson
Dancers £1 5s Internal Miss Minton
Dancers £1 5s Internal Miss Boyce
Dancers £1 5s Internal Mrs. Willson
Dancers £1 Internal Twamley Listed under "Children Dancers".
Dancers £1 Internal Miss Dennett Listed under "Children Dancers".
Dancers £1 Internal Miss E. Dennett Listed under "Children Dancers".
Dancers £1 Internal Miss Horribeau Listed under "Children Dancers".
Dancers £1 Internal Miss Davies Listed under "Children Dancers".
Dancers £1 Internal Miss Green Listed under "Children Dancers".
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers £2 Internal Mr. Thompson
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers £4 12s 6d Internal Mr Cole at private Boxes 37 days
Employees (Other) £3 Internal Mr. & Mrs. Chatterley
House Servants (Other) £34 19s Internal Servants List
House Servants (Other) £1 7s Internal Potts & Donnelly
Housekeeping £2 Internal Mr. Millington 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.
Housekeeping £2 Internal Mrs. Burke
Lamplighters £7 17s 6d Internal Lampmen
Performers (Other) £1 10s Internal Mr. Evans
Performers (Other) £1 Internal Mast. Wallach Master Wallach is described as "Chorus" in the 1807 Drury Lane engagement list (Folger W. b. 82), but he also acted in child's roles.
Performers (Other) £2 Internal Miss Lacey
Performers (Other) £2 Internal Miss Kelly
Performers (Other) £1 Internal Miss Menage
Prompters £3 10s Internal Mr. Stokes
Prompters £6 Internal Mr. Powell Prompt.
Security £4 10s Internal Constables
Security £5 5s Internal Soldiers
Security £1 16s Internal 3 Watchmen
Security 14s Internal Rigge day watch
Singers £39 Internal Mr. Braham
Singers £8 Internal Mr. Kelly
Singers £5 Internal Mr. Smith
Singers £5 Internal Mr. Gibbons
Singers £4 Internal Mr. Cooke
Singers £4 Internal Mr. Welsh
Singers £3 Internal Mr. Miller
Singers £2 Internal Mr. Dignum
Singers £1 10s Internal Mr. Danby
Singers £1 10s Internal Mr. Rhodes
Singers £1 5s Internal Mr. Caulfield
Singers £1 5s Internal Mr. Cooke
Singers £1 5s Internal Mr. Elliott
Singers £1 5s Internal Mr. Fitzsimmons
Singers £1 5s Internal Mr. Bond
Singers £1 5s Internal Mr. Parsons
Singers £1 Internal Mast. West Master West is described as "Chorus" in the 1807 Drury Lane engagement list (Folger W. b. 82), but he may also have acted in child's roles.
Singers £15 Internal Mrs. Mountain
Singers £15 Internal Mrs Bland
Singers £15 Internal Madme. Storace
Singers £3 Internal Mrs. Corri
Singers £3 Internal Mrs. St. John
Singers £2 Internal Miss Feron
Singers £1 10s Internal Mrs. Gardiner
Singers £1 5s Internal Mrs. Butler
Singers £1 Internal Miss Selwin
Singers £2 10s Internal Chorus
Stage Managers £25 4s Internal Mr. Wroughton Manager & Actor
Supernumeraries £13 14s Internal Supernumeraries
Treasurers £15 Internal Mr. Peake
Treasurers £5 Internal Mr. Dunn
Treasurers £2 Internal Mr. R. Peake
Music Copyists £1 5s Internal Mr. Wyber
Musicians (Band) £69 13s Internal The Band
Musicians (Harps) £4 14s 6d Internal Weshpart Harp
Musicians (Trumpets) £2 5s Internal Trumpets
Clothing Material (Lace) £3 1s 11d External Archer & Bailey Grouped together with other entries as "Petty Incidents".
Hair, Beards and Wigs £1 4s Internal Mr. Brady
Dressers £12 12s Internal Dressers
Dressers £2 Internal Miss Smith & Sister
Mantuamaking £3 Internal Miss Rein
Mantuamaking £11 17s 10d Departmental Mantua's Bill
Tailoring £2 Internal Mr. Banks Tailor
Tailoring £12 14s 1d Departmental Tailor's Bill
Wardrobe (Other) £2 Internal Mr. Mrs. Willson
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £69 1s 7d Departmental Carpenters
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £25 Departmental Mr Gunby Carpenter on Account
Production Design (Other) £3 3s Internal Mr. Underwood
Production Design (Other) £14 18s 4d Departmental Johnstone's Room
Production Design (Other) £30 Internal Mr Alear. Johnston on Acct of Summer Saly.
Scene Painters £8 8s Internal Mr. Greenwood
Scene Painters £5 5s Internal Mr. Aglio
Scene Painters £3 3s Internal Mr. Banks
Scene Painters £3 13s 6d Internal Smith Painter
Scene Painters £3 13s 6d Internal Meyrick Painter
Scene Painters £1 16s Internal Aglio's Assistant
Scene Painters' Supplies £50 15s 6d External Mr. Butler Colours Dist 2: 13. 2
Candles (Tallow) £8 13s 3d External Mr. Allen Tallow
Lighting (Other) £82 10s External Mr. Glossop Lighting
Lighting (Other) £6 External Do. [Mr. Glossop] for Torches
Timber £100 External Mr. Elsom for Timber on Account
Upkeep and Refurbishments (Other) £2 2s External Brown for Lime Grouped together with other entries as "Petty Incidents".
Bill Distribution £1 16s Internal Billstickers
Printing £22 6s External Printer
Management £63 Internal Principal Board of Management
Taxes (Other) £50 External Mr Booth Ballance of Arrears of Taxes
Accounting and Payment Issues 6s External Miss Edmeads return'd Grouped together with other entries as "Petty Incidents". Perhaps a stoppage returned to an employee named Miss Edmeads; or perhaps a refund of tickets returned due to some error, or to customers buying tickets in advance but not attending, or attending but leaving early.
Books, Paper and Stationery £2 External Pouncey for Books Grouped together with other entries as "Petty Incidents".
Charcoal 18s External Charcoal Grouped together with other entries as "Petty Incidents".
Messengers and Porters £1 4s Internal Mr. Appleby
Messengers and Porters £1 4s Internal Mr. West
Messengers and Porters 16s 6d Internal Appleby Messinger Grouped together with other entries as "Petty Incidents".
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.
Funds and Trusts £6 8s External Unappropriated
Law £9 Internal Mr. Burgess
Tinworkers £1 11s 6d Internal Mr. Tuck Tinman
Tinworkers £1 17s 1d Departmental Tuck for Wages
Tinworkers £3 6s Departmental Do. [Tuck] Tin Bill
Total £1,404 11s 1d