Saturday 2 January 1808

Plays

Performances
The Jew, Furibond; or, Harlequin Negro
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£219 1s 6d
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
36%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Notes
Principal characters in The Jew: Sheva, Mr Bannister; Eliza Ratcliffe (1st time), Mrs H Siddons
Principal characters in Furibond; or, Harlequin Negro: Harlequin Negro, Mr Hartland; the Little Clown and Harlequin (with a pas seul), Master Laurent; the Clown, Mr Laurent (his 1st appearance on this stage); Columbine, Mrs Sharp
With entirely new music, scenery, machinery, dresses, and decorations

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £219 1s 6d £154 12s 6d £60 12s £1 13s £2 4s Odd money Headcount for first account: Box (165); Pit (433); F. Gall (195); and U. Gall. (197). Headcount for latter account: Box (226); Pit (128); F. Gall (187); and U. Gall (182).
Box   £49 10s £33 18s
Pit   £75 15s 6d £12 16s
First Gallery   £19 10s £9 7s
Upper Gallery   £9 17s £4 11s
Other Income
Category Amount Notes
Box rent 12s [unspecified sum, probably Private Boxes]
Sub Total 12s
Total £219 13s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £134 10s Departmental Carpenters
Lighting (Other) £82 10s External Mr. Glossop Lighting
Musicians (Band) £69 13s Internal The Band
Management £63 Internal Principal Board of Management
Metals £50 External Jackson Smith on Account
Properties £50 Departmental Tyson Stage Properties
Timber £50 External Elsom Timber on Account
Singers £39 Internal Mr Braham
House Servants (Other) £35 14s Internal Servants List
Actors £30 Internal Mrs. Jordan
Actors £28 Internal Mr. Elliston
Stage Managers £25 4s Internal Mr Wroughton Manager & Actor
Pantomime Design £25 External Mr. Laurent on Acct. of Pantomime
Pantomime Design £25 External Mr. Mayle Do [on Acct. of] Do [Pantomime]
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £24 11s 3d Departmental Do. [Carpenters] to complete last week
Mantuamaking £24 6s 3d Departmental Mantua's Bill
Tailoring £24 11s 9d Departmental Tailor's Bill
Candles (Tallow) £23 9s 3d External Mr. Allen Tallow
Printing £21 18s External Lowndes Printer
Supernumeraries £21 13s 6d Internal Supernumeraries
Actors £19 2s Internal Mr. Bannister
Dancers £18 Internal Mr. Degville
Actors £16 Internal Mr. & Mrs. H. Siddons
Actors £15 Internal Mr. Johnstone
Singers £15 Internal Mrs. Mountain
Actors £15 Internal Mrs. Powell
Singers £15 Internal Mrs. Bland
Singers £15 Internal Madme. Storace
Actors £15 Internal Miss Duncan
Treasurers £15 Internal Mr. Peake
Actors £14 Internal Mr. Dowton
Actors £14 Internal Mr. & Mrs. Mathews
Production Design (Other) £14 6s Departmental Johnstone's Room
Dressers £12 12s Internal Dressers
Musicians (Other) £12 1s 6d Internal Reves Playing Bells
Actors £11 Internal Miss Pope
Actors £10 Internal Mr. Palmer
Production Design (Other) £10 Internal Mr. Johnstone
Singers £10 Internal Chorus
Treasurers £10 Internal Mr Hammond a Quarter's Salary
Actors £9 Internal Mr. Russell
Singers £9 Internal Miss Lyon
Law £9 Internal Mr Burgess
Actors £8 Internal Mr. Raymond
Actors £8 Internal Mr. Decamp
Singers £8 Internal Mr. Kelly
Dancers £8 Internal Mr. Laurent
Scene Painters £8 8s Internal Mr. Greenwood
Funerals £8 11s External Downs for the funeral of Old Harris
Actors £7 Internal Mr Powell
Actors £7 Internal Mr. Wewitzer
Actors £7 Internal Miss Mellon
Cleaners £7 10s Internal Sweepers
Lamplighters £7 17s 6d Internal Lampmen
Actors £6 Internal Mr. Penley
Actors £6 Internal Mr. Holland
Actors £6 Internal Mr. & Mrs. Sparks
Actors £6 Internal Mr. & Miss Ray
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.
Actors £6 Internal Mrs. Harlow
Prompters £6 Internal Mr. Powell
Singers £5 Internal Mr. Smith
Actors £5 Internal Mr Purser
Actors £5 Internal Mr. Eyre
Singers £5 Internal Mr. Gibbons
Dancers £5 Internal Mrs. Sharp
Security £5 5s Internal Soldiers
Funds and Trusts £5 13s External Unappropriated
Treasurers £5 Internal Mr. Dunn
Scene Painters £5 10s 3d Internal Smith Painter
Scene Painters £5 10s 3d Internal Meyrick Painter
Dancers £4 10s Internal Mr. Jubert
Singers £4 Internal Mr Cooke
Singers £4 Internal Mr. Welsh
Dancers £4 Internal Mr. Fairbrother
Actors £4 Internal Mr. Putnam
Dancers £4 Internal Miss Gayton
Actors £4 Internal Miss Boyce
Singers £4 Internal Miss Daponte
Security £4 10s Internal Constables
Musicians (Trumpets) £4 10s Internal Trumpets
Prompters £4 8s 6d Departmental Prompter's Bill
Prompters £3 10s Internal Mr. Stokes
Singers £3 Internal Mr. Mill
Actors £3 Internal Mr. Fisher
Actors £3 10s Internal Mr. & Mrs. Maddocks
Employees (Other) £3 Internal Mr. & Mrs. R Chatterley
Singers £3 Internal Mrs. Corri
Actors £3 Internal Mrs. Scott
Actors £3 Internal Miss Tidswell
Singers £3 Internal Mrs. St. John
Dancers £3 Internal Goodman & Austin. Listed under "Men Dancers".
Scene Painters £3 3s Internal Mr. Banks
Production Design (Other) £3 3s Internal Mr. Underwood
Mantuamaking £3 Internal Miss Rein
Musicians (Other) £3 10s 6d Internal D of Cumberland's Band
Dancers £2 Internal Mr. Hartland
Singers £2 Internal Mr. Dignum
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers £2 Internal Mr. Thompson
Dancers £2 Internal Mr Mayle
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.
Performers (Other) £2 Internal Miss Kelly
Dancers £2 Internal Miss Bristoe
Performers (Other) £2 Internal Miss Lacey
Singers £2 Internal Miss Feron
Housekeeping £2 Internal Mrs. Burke
Dancers £2 10s Internal Hope Broadhurst Listed under "Men Dancers".
Dancers £2 Internal Two Miss Dennetts Listed under "Children Dancers".
Dressers £2 Internal Two Miss Smiths
Tailoring £2 Internal Mr Banks Tailor
Wardrobe (Other) £2 Internal Mr. & Mrs. Willson
Treasurers £2 Internal Mr. R. Peake
Musicians (Side Drums) £2 12s 6d Internal Side Drums
Cleaners £2 1s 5d Internal Burke for Sweeps Listed under "Petty Incidents".
Miscellaneous £2 10s External Tokeley Harness Listed under "Petty Incidents".
Singers £1 10s Internal Mr. Danby
Singers £1 10s Internal Mr. Rhodes
Actors £1 10s Internal Mr. Tokeley
Performers (Other) £1 10s Internal Mr. Evans
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
Performers (Other) £1 Internal Mr. 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.
Messengers and Porters £1 Internal Mr. West
Actors £1 5s Internal Mr Webb
Hair, Beards and Wigs £1 4s Internal Mr. Brady
Actors £1 10s Internal Mrs. Cuyler
Singers £1 10s Internal Mrs. Gardiner
Dancers £1 5s Internal Mrs. Brooker
Singers £1 5s Internal Mrs. Butler
Actors £1 Internal Mrs. Jones
Performers (Other) £1 Internal Miss Menage
Dancers £1 Internal Mrs. Wells
Singers £1 Internal Miss Selwin
Actors £1 Internal Miss Mortimer
Dancers £1 5s Internal C Wells Listed under "Men Dancers".
Dancers £1 5s Internal Vialls Listed under "Men Dancers".
Dancers £1 10s Internal Barrett Listed under "Women Dancers".
Dancers £1 10s Internal Royals Listed under "Women Dancers".
Dancers £1 10s Internal Watson Listed under "Women Dancers".
Dancers £1 5s Internal Boyce Listed under "Women Dancers".
Dancers £1 5s Internal Minton Listed under "Women Dancers".
Dancers £1 5s Internal Willson Listed under "Women Dancers".
Dancers £1 Internal Twamley Listed under "Children Dancers".
Dancers £1 Internal Miss Green Listed under "Children Dancers".
Dancers £1 Internal Miss Horribeau Listed under "Children Dancers".
Dancers £1 Internal Miss Davies Listed under "Children Dancers".
Tinworkers £1 11s 6d Internal Mr. Tuck Tinman
Messengers and Porters £1 4s Internal Mr. Appleby
Messengers and Porters £1 4s Internal Mr. West
Security £1 16s Internal Watchmen
Music Copyists £1 5s Internal Wyber
Musicians (Other) £1 16s Internal Pandeans
Bill Distribution £1 18s 6d Internal Billstickers
Charcoal £1 10s External Bird Charcoal Listed under "Petty Incidents".
Cleaners £1 4s 6d Internal Women Cleaning Listed under "Petty Incidents".
House Servants (Other) 15s Internal Potts
Cleaners 12s Internal Donnelly
Security 14s Internal Rigge
Dressers 10s Internal Donnelly dressg. Listed under "Petty Incidents".
Messengers and Porters 15s 6d Internal Appleby Listed under "Petty Incidents".
Total £1,520 2s 5d