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
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. & Mrs. Sparks
Actors £3 10s Internal Mr. & Mrs. Maddocks
Actors £6 Internal Mr. & Miss Ray
Actors £1 10s Internal Mr. Tokeley
Actors £30 Internal Mrs. Jordan
Actors £15 Internal Mrs. Powell
Actors £15 Internal Miss Duncan
Actors £1 5s Internal Mr Webb
Actors £11 Internal Miss Pope
Actors £7 Internal Miss Mellon
Actors £6 Internal Mrs. Harlow
Actors £4 Internal Miss Boyce
Actors £3 Internal Mrs. Scott
Actors £3 Internal Miss Tidswell
Actors £1 10s Internal Mrs. Cuyler
Actors £1 Internal Mrs. Jones
Actors £1 Internal Miss Mortimer
Cleaners £7 10s Internal Sweepers
Cleaners 12s Internal Donnelly
Cleaners £2 1s 5d Internal Burke for Sweeps Listed under "Petty Incidents".
Cleaners £1 4s 6d Internal Women Cleaning Listed under "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 £3 Internal Goodman & Austin. Listed under "Men Dancers".
Dancers £2 10s Internal Hope Broadhurst Listed under "Men Dancers".
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 £2 Internal Two Miss Dennetts 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".
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers £2 Internal Mr. Thompson
Employees (Other) £3 Internal Mr. & Mrs. R 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 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.
Performers (Other) £2 Internal Miss Kelly
Performers (Other) £2 Internal Miss Lacey
Performers (Other) £1 Internal Miss Menage
Prompters £3 10s Internal Mr. Stokes
Prompters £6 Internal Mr. Powell
Prompters £4 8s 6d Departmental Prompter's Bill
Security £5 5s Internal Soldiers
Security £4 10s Internal Constables
Security £1 16s Internal Watchmen
Security 14s Internal Rigge
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. Mill
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 £15 Internal Mrs. Mountain
Singers £15 Internal Mrs. Bland
Singers £15 Internal Madme. Storace
Singers £9 Internal Miss Lyon
Singers £4 Internal Miss Daponte
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 £10 Internal Chorus
Stage Managers £25 4s Internal Mr Wroughton Manager & Actor
Supernumeraries £21 13s 6d Internal Supernumeraries
Treasurers £15 Internal Mr. Peake
Treasurers £5 Internal Mr. Dunn
Treasurers £2 Internal Mr. R. Peake
Treasurers £10 Internal Mr Hammond a Quarter's Salary
Music Copyists £1 5s Internal Wyber
Musicians (Band) £69 13s Internal The Band
Musicians (Other) £12 1s 6d Internal Reves Playing Bells
Musicians (Other) £1 16s Internal Pandeans
Musicians (Other) £3 10s 6d Internal D of Cumberland's 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
Dressers £12 12s Internal Dressers
Dressers £2 Internal Two Miss Smiths
Dressers 10s Internal Donnelly dressg. Listed under "Petty Incidents".
Mantuamaking £3 Internal Miss Rein
Mantuamaking £24 6s 3d Departmental Mantua's Bill
Tailoring £2 Internal Mr Banks Tailor
Tailoring £24 11s 9d Departmental Tailor's Bill
Wardrobe (Other) £2 Internal Mr. & Mrs. Willson
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £134 10s Departmental Carpenters
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £24 11s 3d Departmental Do. [Carpenters] to complete last week
Production Design (Other) £10 Internal Mr. Johnstone
Production Design (Other) £3 3s Internal Mr. Underwood
Production Design (Other) £14 6s Departmental Johnstone's Room
Properties £50 Departmental Tyson Stage Properties
Scene Painters £8 8s Internal Mr. Greenwood
Scene Painters £3 3s Internal Mr. Banks
Scene Painters £5 10s 3d Internal Smith Painter
Scene Painters £5 10s 3d Internal Meyrick Painter
Candles (Tallow) £23 9s 3d External Mr. Allen Tallow
Lighting (Other) £82 10s External Mr. Glossop Lighting
Metals £50 External Jackson Smith on Account
Timber £50 External Elsom Timber on Account
Bill Distribution £1 18s 6d Internal Billstickers
Printing £21 18s External Lowndes Printer
Management £63 Internal Principal Board of Management
Charcoal £1 10s External Bird Charcoal Listed under "Petty Incidents".
Funerals £8 11s External Downs for the funeral of Old Harris
Messengers and Porters £1 Internal Mr. West
Messengers and Porters £1 4s Internal Mr. Appleby
Messengers and Porters £1 4s Internal Mr. West
Messengers and Porters 15s 6d Internal Appleby Listed under "Petty Incidents".
Miscellaneous £2 10s External Tokeley Harness Listed under "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 £5 13s External Unappropriated
Law £9 Internal Mr Burgess
Pantomime Design £25 External Mr. Laurent on Acct. of Pantomime
Pantomime Design £25 External Mr. Mayle Do [on Acct. of] Do [Pantomime]
Tinworkers £1 11s 6d Internal Mr. Tuck Tinman
Total £1,520 2s 5d