Saturday 13 February 1808

Plays

Performances
Kais; or, Love in the Deserts, The Irishman in London; or, The Happy African
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£234 2s
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
38%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Notes
Principal characters in Kais; or, Love in the Deserts: Mr. Braham, Mr. Bannister, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Mathews, Mr. Raymond, Mr. Powell, Mr. Putnam, Mrs. Mountain, Signora Storace, Miss Lyon and Miss Tidswell

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £233 16s £172 2s £59 18s £0 £1 16s Odd money [No aftermoney in account book. See MSS scan] Headcount for first account: Box (229); Pit (442); F. Gall (186); and U. Gall. (149). Headcount for latter account: Box (270); Pit (99); F. Gall (122); and U. Gall (136).
Box   £68 14s £40 10s
Pit   £77 7s £9 18s
First Gallery   £18 12s £6 2s
Upper Gallery   £7 9s £3 8s
Door Receipts 6s 6s £0 £0 £0 Private Boxes
Total £234 2s

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. Holland
Actors £6 Internal Mr. Penley
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 £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. 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 Mr. 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 £3 Internal Goodman & Austin Listed under "Men Dancers".
Dancers £1 5s Internal Mr. Hope Listed under "Men Dancers".
Dancers £1 5s Internal Mr. Broadhurst Listed under "Men Dancers".
Dancers £1 5s Internal Mr. Vialls Listed under "Men Dancers".
Dancers £1 5s Internal Mr. Wells Listed under "Men Dancers".
Dancers £3 Internal Ryalls, Barrett Listed under "Women Dancers".
Dancers £1 10s Internal Miss 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 Miss 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 Horribeau Listed under "Children Dancers".
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers £2 Internal Mr. Thompson
Employees (Other) £3 Internal Mr. & Mrs. Chatterley
House Servants (Other) £35 14s Internal Servant's List
House Servants (Other) 15s Internal Mr. 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 £10 8s 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 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 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. 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 Madame 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 £14 17s 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) £2 5s Internal Trumpets
Clothing Material (Other) £2 2s 4d External Henley Weaver Listed under "Petty Incidents".
Clothing Material (Wool) £50 External Mr Walker Clothier on Account
Clothing Material (Wool) £3 7s 1d External Davis worsted Listed under "Petty Incidents".
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 £19 1s 1d Departmental Mantua's Do [Room]
Tailoring £2 Internal Mr. Banks
Tailoring £25 2s 3d Departmental Tailor's Bill
Wardrobe (Other) £2 Internal Mr. & Mrs. Willson
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £68 5s 10d Departmental Carpenters
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £25 Departmental Mr. Gunby Carpenter on Acct.
Production Design (Other) £10 Internal Mr. Johnstone
Production Design (Other) £3 3s Internal Mr. Underwood
Production Design (Other) £19 14s 6d Departmental Johnstones Room
Scene Painters £8 8s Internal Mr. Green Greenwood.
Scene Painters £3 3s Internal Mr Banks
Scene Painters £3 13s 6d Internal Mr. Smith Painter
Scene Painters' Supplies £25 External Mr Butler Colourman on Acct.
Candles (Tallow) £19 13s 10d External Mr. Allen Tallow
Construction £100 External Mr. Stuteley Builder on Acct.
Glass £1 5s External Collett Glass Listed under "Petty Incidents".
Lighting (Other) £82 10s External Mr White Lighting
Plumbing £50 External Mr. Burton Plumber on Acct.
Timber £50 External Mr. Elsom Timber on Acct.
Bill Distribution £1 16s Internal Billstickers
Printing £22 1s External Mr. Lowndes Printer
Management £63 Internal Principal Board of Management
Charcoal £1 16s 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
Tinworkers £1 11s 6d Internal Mr. Tuck
Tinworkers £5 4s Departmental Tuck. Tinman's Bill
Tinworkers £3 1s 1d Departmental Do. [Tuck] for Mens time
Total £1,477 12s 6d