Saturday 28 November 1807

Plays

Performances
The Inconstant; or, The Way to Win Him, Ella Rosenberg
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£284 2s 6d
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
47%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Notes
Principal characters in The Inconstant: Old Mirabel, Mr Dowton; Young Mirabel (1st time), Mr Elliston; Captain Duretete, Mr Bannister; Oriana (1st time), Miss Boyce; Bisarre, Mrs Jordan

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £283 16s 6d £199 13s £76 6s £4 13s £3 4s 6d Odd money
Door Receipts 6s 6s £0 £0 £0 P. Boxes [Private Boxes]
Total £284 2s 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 £16 Internal Mr. & Mrs. H. Siddons
Actors £14 Internal Mr. & Mrs. Mathews
Actors £10 Internal Mr. Palmer
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. Purser
Actors £5 Internal Mr. Eyre
Actors £4 Internal Mr. Putnam
Actors £3 Internal Mr. Fisher
Actors £6 Internal Mr. & Miss Ray
Actors £6 Internal Mr. & Mrs. Sparks
Actors £3 10s Internal Mr. & Mrs. Maddocks
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 Mrs. Tidswell
Actors £3 Internal Mrs. Scott
Actors £1 10s Internal Mrs. Cuyler
Actors £1 Internal Mrs. Jones
Actors £1 Internal Miss Mortimer
Actors £20 Internal Mrs. Jordan 2 Nights Extra
Actors £7 3s 4d Internal Miss Ray 43 Nights raised Salary
Cleaners £7 10s Internal Sweepers
Cleaners 12s Internal Donnelly
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 Goodman Listed under "Men Dancers".
Dancers £1 10s Internal Lions Austin Listed under "Men Dancers".
Dancers £1 5s Internal Broadhurst Listed under "Men Dancers".
Dancers £1 5s Internal Hope Listed under "Men Dancers".
Dancers £1 5s Internal Vialls Listed under "Men Dancers".
Dancers £1 5s Internal Wells Listed under "Men Dancers".
Dancers £1 10s Internal Barrett Listed under "Women".
Dancers £1 10s Internal Ryalls Listed under "Women".
Dancers £1 10s Internal Watson Listed under "Women".
Dancers £3 15s Internal Minton Boyce & Willson Listed under "Women".
Dancers £1 Internal Green Listed under "Children Dancers".
Dancers £1 Internal Miss Twamley Listed under "Children Dancers".
Dancers £2 Internal Two Miss Dennetts Listed under "Children Dancers".
Dancers £1 Internal Miss Davis Listed under "Children Dancers".
Dancers £1 Internal Miss Horrobeau Listed under "Children Dancers".
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers £2 Internal Mr. Thompson
Employees (Other) £3 Internal Mr. & Mrs. Chatterley
House Servants (Other) £35 14s Internal Servants List
House Servants (Other) 15s Internal Potts
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
Performers (Other) 5s Internal Kelly Extra Listed under "Petty Incidents".
Prompters £3 10s Internal Mr. Stokes
Prompters £6 Internal Mr. Powell Prompter
Security £4 10s Internal Constables
Security £5 5s Internal Soldiers
Security £1 16s Internal Watchmen
Security 14s Internal Rigge
Singers £39 Internal Mr Braham
Singers £8 External 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. Elliott
Singers £1 5s Internal Mr. Fitzsimmons
Singers £1 5s Internal Mr. Bond
Singers £1 5s Internal Mr Parsons
Singers £1 5s Internal Mr Cooke
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 £9 Internal Miss Lions
Singers £4 Internal Mrs. Dupoint
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 £11 18s 6d 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 (Other) £6 5s Internal Dressler Trombone
Musicians (Other) 10s Internal Bugle Horns
Musicians (Other) £3 10s 6d Internal Military Band
Musicians (Side Drums) £2 12s 6d Internal Side Drums
Musicians (Trumpets) £4 10s Internal Trumpets
Hair, Beards and Wigs £1 4s Internal Mr. Brady
Hair, Beards and Wigs £3 13s Internal Brady for Wigs
Dressers £12 12s Internal Dressers
Dressers £2 Internal Two Mis Smiths
Mantuamaking £3 Internal Miss Rein
Mantuamaking £20 4s 2d Departmental Mantua's Bill
Tailoring £2 Internal Mr Banks
Tailoring £8 6s 1d Departmental Tailor's Bill
Wardrobe (Other) £2 Internal Mr. & Mrs. Wilson
Canvas £3 16s 8d Internal Daws Sewing Canvas
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £60 2s 9d Departmental Carpenters
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £25 Departmental Mr. Gunby Carpenter
Production Design (Other) £10 Internal Mr Johnstone
Production Design (Other) £3 3s Internal Mr. Underwood
Production Design (Other) £14 2s 4d Departmental Johnstone's Room
Production Design (Other) £105 Departmental Mr. Alexander Johnstone
Scene Painters £8 8s Internal Mr. Greenwood
Scene Painters £5 5s Internal Mr. Aglio
Scene Painters £3 3s Internal Mr. Banks
Scene Painters £4 4s Internal Smith Painter
Scene Painters £4 4s Internal Meyrick Painter
Candles (Tallow) £8 6s 3d External Mr. Allen Tallow
Candles (Tallow) £50 External White Tallow Bill
Lighting (Other) £82 10s External Mr Glossop Lighting
Metals £20 External Mr. Jackson Smith
Bill Distribution £1 16s Internal Billstickers
Newspaper Advertisements £4 3s External Attending Paragraph Listed under "Petty Incidents". Presumably means that one or more newspapers were paid to print a paragraph about the royal family attending the theatre.
Newspaper Advertisements £2 2s External Advertising in Publicans Listed under "Petty Incidents".
Printing £23 6s External Lowndes Printer
Management £63 Internal Principal Board of Management
Taxes (Other) £37 6s 6d External Mr Booth for Balce. of Arrear of Taxes prior to the Lord Chamberlain's Order
Water Rate £6 6s External New River Water 1/2 Year
Books, Paper and Stationery 10s 6d External Ruled Paper Listed under "Petty Incidents".
Charcoal £2 2s External Charcoal Listed under "Petty Incidents".
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.
Funds and Trusts £5 13s External Unappropriated
Law £9 Internal Mr. Burgess
Authorial Payments (Other) £100 External Author of Times a Tell Tale
Authorial Payments (Other) £50 External Author of Ella Rosenberg
Tinworkers £1 11s 6d Internal Tuck Tinman [?]
Tinworkers £2 6s 5d External Tinman's assistant
Total £1,573 3s 6d