Saturday 9 January 1808

Plays

Performances
The Wonder: A Woman Keeps a Secret, Furibond; or, Harlequin Negro
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£256 18s
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
42%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Notes
Principal characters in The Wonder: Don Felix, Mr Elliston; Colonel Briton, Mr Holland; Don Pedro, Mr Mathews; Lissardo, Mr Bannister; Donna Violante, Mrs Jordan; Donna Isabella, Miss Mellon; Inis, Mrs Scott; Flora, Miss Pope

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £256 12s £191 1s 6d £61 10s £1 4s £2 16s 6d Odd money Headcount for first account: Box (228); Pit (573); F. Gall (159); and U. Gall. (123). Headcount for latter account: Box (235); Pit (128); F. Gall (160); and U. Gall (218).
Box   £68 8s £35 5s
Pit   £100 12s 6d £12 16s
First Gallery   £15 18s £8
Upper Gallery   £6 3s £5 9s
Door Receipts 6s 6s £0 £0 £0 Private Boxes
Total £256 18s

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 £6 Internal Mr. & Miss Ray
Actors £3 10s Internal Mr. & Mrs. Maddocks
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
Dancers £18 Internal Mr. Degville
Dancers £8 Internal Mr. Laraunt
Dancers £4 10s Internal Mr. Jubert
Dancers £4 Internal 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 Goodan & Austin 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 Broadhurst Listed under "Men Dancers. ".
Dancers £1 5s Internal Wells Listed under "Men Dancers. ".
Dancers £1 10s Internal Barrett Listed under "Women Dancers".
Dancers £3 Internal Royals & Watson Listed under "Women Dancers".
Dancers £1 5s Internal Miss Minton Listed under "Women Dancers".
Dancers £1 5s Internal Miss Boyce Listed under "Women Dancers".
Dancers £1 5s Internal Mrs. Willson Listed under "Women Dancers".
Dancers £1 Internal Twamley Listed under "Children Dancers".
Dancers £2 Internal Two Dennetts Listed under "Children Dancers".
Dancers £1 Internal Miss Green Listed under "Children Dancers".
Dancers £1 Internal Miss Davies Listed under "Children Dancers".
Dancers £1 Internal Miss Horribeau 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 Servant's 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 £8 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
Security £5 5s Internal Soldiers
Security £4 10s Internal Constables
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 Cooke
Singers £4 Internal 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 £9 Internal Miss Lyon
Singers £4 Internal Madme. 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 £15 Internal Chorus
Stage Managers £25 4s Internal Mr Wroughton Manager & Actor
Supernumeraries £18 8s 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 (Trumpets) £1 10s Internal Trumpets Extra
Hair, Beards and Wigs £1 4s Internal Mr Brady
Dressers £12 12s Internal Dressers
Dressers £2 Internal Two Miss Smiths
Mantuamaking £3 Internal Miss Rein
Mantuamaking £21 14s 8d Departmental Mantua Do. [Bill]
Tailoring £2 Internal Mr Banks Tailor
Tailoring £15 19s 8d Departmental Tailor's Bill
Wardrobe (Other) £2 Internal Mr. & Mrs. Willsons
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £76 8d Departmental Carpenters
Fireworks £1 18s External Hunt for fireworks Listed under "Petty Incidents".
Production Design (Other) £10 Internal Mr. Johnstone
Production Design (Other) £3 3s Internal Mr. Underwood
Production Design (Other) £12 10s 6d Departmental Johnstone's Bill
Properties £25 Departmental Mr. Tyson Stage Properties Do [on Account]
Scene Painters £8 8s Internal Mr. Greenwood
Scene Painters £3 3s Internal Mr. Banks
Scene Painters £3 3s Internal Smith Painter
Scene Painters £3 3s Internal Meyrick Painter
Candles (Tallow) £19 9s 1d External Mr. Allen Tallow
Construction £100 External Mr. Howitt Builder on Account
Faggots £6 15s External Weller for Brush Wood
Lighting (Other) £82 10s External Mr. Glossop Lighting
Metals £50 External Mr. Jackson Smith Do [on Account]
Timber £50 External Mr. Elsom Timber on Account
Bill Distribution £1 16s Internal Billstickers
Printing £22 10s External Printer Lowndes
Management £63 Internal Principal Board of Management
Books, Paper and Stationery 5s 6d External Ruled paper Listed under "Petty Incidents".
Charcoal £1 4s External Charcoal Listed under "Petty Incidents".
Messengers and Porters £1 4s Internal Mr. Appleby
Messengers and Porters £1 4s Internal Mr. West
Miscellaneous 11s 9d External Repy for Cutlery 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 £50 External Mrs. Richardson Pantomime Perhaps Sarah Richardson, widow of Joseph Richardson, the Drury Lane proprietor. BD vol. 12, p. 371 reports that, after his death in 1803, she at some point became Drury Lane's wardrobe keeper, and published her Original Poems in 1808 and two tragedies in 1809; so although BD mentions no pantomime, she may have been involved in designing one as an author, in the wardrobe department, or both.
Heating Apparatus and Implements £1 8s External Crosby for Bellows Listed under "Petty Incidents".
Tinworkers £1 11s 6d Internal Mr. Tuck Tinman
Tinworkers £4 14s 10d Departmental Tuck Tinman
Total £1,455 17s 8d