Saturday 6 February 1808

Plays

Performances
The Chances, The Weathercock
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£210 19s
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
35%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Notes
Principal characters in The Chances: Don John, Mr. Elliston; Constantia, Mrs Jordan

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £210 19s £151 16s £56 18s 6d £1 4s £1 6d Odd money
Total £210 19s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Actors £23 6s 8d Internal Mr. Elliston
Actors £15 18s 4d Internal Mr. Bannister
Actors £12 10s Internal Mr. Johnstone
Actors £11 13s 4d Internal Mr. Dowton
Actors £13 6s 8d Internal Mr. & Mrs. H. Siddons
Actors £11 13s 4d Internal Mr. & Mrs. Mathews
Actors £8 6s 8d Internal Mr. Palmer
Actors £7 10s Internal Mr. Russell
Actors £6 13s 4d Internal Mr. Decamp
Actors £6 13s 4d Internal Mr. Raymond
Actors £5 16s 8d Internal Mr. Powell
Actors £5 16s 8d Internal Mr. Wewitzer
Actors £5 Internal Mr Holland
Actors £5 Internal Mr. Penley
Actors £4 3s 4d Internal Mr. Eyre
Actors £4 3s 4d Internal Mr. Purser
Actors £3 6s 8d Internal Mr Putnam
Actors £5 Internal Mr. Sparks & Wife
Actors £2 18s 4d Internal Mr. Maddocks & Wife
Actors £5 Internal Mr. & Miss Ray
Actors £1 5s Internal Mr. Tokeley
Actors £1 10d Internal Mr Webb
Actors £25 Internal Mrs. Jordan
Actors £12 10s Internal Mrs. Powell
Actors £12 10s Internal Miss Duncan
Actors £2 10s Internal Mr. Fisher
Actors £9 3s 4d Internal Miss Pope
Actors £5 16s 8d Internal Miss Mellon
Actors £5 Internal Mrs. Harlow
Actors £3 6s 8d Internal Miss Boyce
Actors £2 10s Internal Mrs. Scott
Actors £2 10s Internal Miss Tidswell
Actors £1 5s Internal Mrs. Cuyler
Actors 16s 8d Internal Mrs. Jones
Actors 16s 8d Internal Miss Mortimer
Actors £5 Internal Mrs. Jordan Extra
Cleaners £6 5s Internal Sweepers
Cleaners 12s Internal Donnelly
Dancers £15 Internal Mr. Degville
Dancers £6 13s 4d Internal Mr. Laurent
Dancers £3 15s Internal Mr. Jubert
Dancers £3 6s 8d Internal Mr. Fairbrother
Dancers £1 13s 4d Internal Mr. Hartland
Dancers £1 13s 4d Internal Mr. Mayle
Dancers £4 3s 4d Internal Mrs. Sharp
Dancers £3 6s 8d Internal Miss Gayton
Dancers £1 13s 4d Internal Miss Bristoe
Dancers £1 10d Internal Mrs. Brooker
Dancers 16s 8d Internal Mrs. Wells
Dancers £2 10s Internal Godman & Austin Listed under "Men Dancers".
Dancers £1 10d Internal Hope Mr. Listed under "Men Dancers".
Dancers £1 10d Internal Vials Mr. Listed under "Men Dancers".
Dancers £1 10d Internal Wells Mr. Listed under "Men Dancers".
Dancers £1 10d Internal Mr Broadhurst Listed under "Men Dancers".
Dancers £2 10s Internal Ryals & Barrett Listed under "Women Dancers".
Dancers £1 5s Internal Miss Watson Listed under "Women Dancers".
Dancers £1 10d Internal Miss Minton Listed under "Women Dancers".
Dancers £1 10d Internal Miss Boyce Listed under "Women Dancers".
Dancers £1 10d Internal Mrs. Willson Listed under "Women Dancers".
Dancers 16s 8d Internal Green Listed under "Children Dancers".
Dancers 16s 8d Internal Miss Twamley Listed under "Children Dancers".
Dancers 16s 8d Internal Miss Davies Listed under "Children Dancers".
Dancers 16s 8d Internal Miss Horribeau Listed under "Children Dancers".
Dancers £1 13s 4d Internal Two Miss Dennetts Listed under "Children Dancers".
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers £1 13s 4d Internal Mr. Thompson
Employees (Other) £2 10s Internal Mr. Chatterley & Wife
House Servants (Other) £29 15s Internal Servant's List
House Servants (Other) 15s Internal Potts
Housekeeping £1 13s 4d 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 £1 13s 4d Internal Mrs. Burke
Lamplighters £7 3s 6d Internal Lampmen
Performers (Other) £1 5s Internal Mr. Evans
Performers (Other) 16s 8d 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) £1 13s 4d Internal Miss Kelly
Performers (Other) £1 13s 4d Internal Miss Lacey
Performers (Other) 16s 8d Internal Miss Menage
Prompters £2 18s 4d Internal Mr. Stokes
Prompters £6 Internal Mr. Powell
Prompters £25 Internal Powell for Pantomime
Security £3 15s Internal Constables
Security £4 7s 6d Internal Soldiers
Security £1 16s Internal 3. Watchmen
Security 14s Internal Rigge day watch
Singers £32 10s Internal Mr Braham
Singers £6 13s 4d Internal Mr. Kelly
Singers £4 3s 4d Internal Mr. Smith
Singers £4 3s 4d Internal Mr. Gibbon
Singers £3 6s 8d Internal Mr Cooke
Singers £3 6s 8d Internal Mr. Welsh
Singers £2 10s Internal Mr. Miller
Singers £1 13s 4d Internal Mr. Dignum
Singers £1 5s Internal Mr. Danby
Singers £1 5s Internal Mr. Rhodes
Singers £1 10d Internal Mr. Caulfield
Singers £1 10d Internal Mr. Cooke
Singers £1 10d Internal Mr. Elliott
Singers £1 10d Internal Mr. Fitzsimmons
Singers £1 10d Internal Mr. Bond
Singers £1 10d Internal Mr Parsons
Singers £12 10s Internal Mrs. Mountain
Singers £12 10s Internal Mrs. Bland
Singers £12 10s Internal Madme. Storace
Singers £7 10s Internal Miss Lyon
Singers £3 6s 8d Internal Madme. Daponte
Singers £2 10s Internal Mrs. Corri
Singers £2 10s Internal Mrs. St. John
Singers £1 13s 4d Internal Miss Feron
Singers £1 5s Internal Mrs. Gardiner
Singers £1 10d Internal Mrs. Butler
Singers 16s 8d Internal Miss Selwin
Singers £1 Internal Singing Boys
Stage Managers £21 Internal Mr Wroughton Manager & Actor
Supernumeraries £11 3s 6d Internal Supernumeraries
Supernumeraries £5 Internal Military in Pizarro
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) £58 10d Internal The Band
Musicians (Harps) £2 2s Internal Weippert Harp
Musicians (Organs) £3 3s Internal Kelly for the use of an Organ Presumed to be a payment for playing, rather than providing, an organ, given the difficulty that would have been involved in moving an organ in and out of a theatre on a temporary basis.
Musicians (Other) £8 1s Internal D. of Cambridge's Band
Musicians (Other) £5 13s Internal D. of York's Band
Musicians (Other) £8 Internal Dressler Trombone
Musicians (Trumpets) £3 Internal Trumpets
Hair, Beards and Wigs £1 Internal Mr. Brady
Hair, Beards and Wigs £2 4s Internal Mrs. Brady for Wigs
Dressers £10 10s Internal Dressers
Dressers £2 Internal Two Miss Smiths
Dressers 13s Internal Donnelly Dresser Listed under "Petty Incidents".
Mantuamaking £3 Internal Miss Rein
Mantuamaking £11 4s 9d Departmental Mantua's Bill
Tailoring £2 Internal Mr. Banks Tailor
Tailoring £24 15s Departmental Tailor's Bill
Wardrobe (Other) £2 Internal Mr. & Mrs. Willson
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £50 2s 5d Departmental Carpenters
Production Design (Other) £10 Internal Mr. Johnstone
Production Design (Other) £3 3s Internal Mr. Underwood
Production Design (Other) £15 4s 6d Departmental Johnstone's Room
Scene Painters £8 8s Internal Mr. Green Greenwood.
Scene Painters £3 3s Internal Mr. Banks
Scene Painters £3 3s Internal Smith Painter
Scene Painters' Supplies £50 External Butler for Colours
Candles (Tallow) £9 12s 7d External Mr. Allen Tallow
Lighting (Other) £68 15s External Mr White Lighting
Rope £30 External Buckingham for Ropes
Stone £23 2s External Collins Mason disct. 1. 4. 3
Timber £50 External Elsom for Timber
Bill Distribution £1 16s Internal Billstickers
Newspaper Advertisements £3 8s External Aurora News Paper Listed under "Petty Incidents".
Printing £21 10s External Lowndes Printer
Management £52 10s Internal Principal Board of Management
Books, Paper and Stationery £40 External Nodder for Stationary
Charcoal £1 10s External Bird for Charcoal Listed under "Petty Incidents".
Messengers and Porters 16s 8d Internal Mr West
Messengers and Porters £1 4s Internal Mr. Appleby
Messengers and Porters £1 4s Internal Mr. West
Messengers and Porters £1 5s Internal West Messinger Listed under "Petty Incidents".
Miscellaneous £3 8s External Charlwood Listed under "Petty Incidents".
Annuities £5 5s 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 £4 14s 2d External Unappropriated
Law £9 Internal Mr Burgess
Play Licences £2 2s External License of Ella Rosenberg
Tinworkers £1 11s 6d Internal Mr. Tuck Tinman
Tinworkers £1 17s 1d Departmental Tuck Tinman
Total £1,231 1s 4d