Saturday 5 March 1808

Plays

Performances
The Inconstant; or, The Way to Win Him, In and Out of Tune
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£259 16s 6d
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
43%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Notes
Principal characters in The Inconstant: Young Mirabel, Mr. Elliston; Bisarre, Mrs. Jordan

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £259 16s 6d £179 6s £77 8s £1 1s £2 1s 6d Odd money
Total £259 16s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Lighting (Other) £55 External Mr White Lighting
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £48 9s 3d Departmental Carpenters
Musicians (Band) £46 8s 8d Internal The Band
Management £42 Internal Principal Board of Management
Singers £26 Internal Mr. Braham
Mantuamaking £26 6d Departmental Mantua's Bill
House Servants (Other) £23 16s Internal Servant's List
Actors £20 Internal Mrs. Jordan
Printing £20 8s External Lowndes Printer
Actors £18 13s 4d Internal Mr. Elliston
Stage Managers £16 16s Internal Mr Wroughton Manager & Actor
Tailoring £14 17s 4d Departmental Tailor's Bill
Supernumeraries £14 7s Internal Superns.
Actors £12 14s 8d Internal Mr. Bannister
Dancers £12 Internal Mr. Degville
Production Design (Other) £12 8s 6d Departmental Johnstone's Room
Actors £10 Internal Mr. Johnstone
Actors £10 13s 4d Internal Mr. & Mrs. H. Siddons
Actors £10 Internal Mrs. Powell
Singers £10 Internal Mrs. Mountain
Singers £10 Internal Mrs. Bland
Singers £10 Internal Madme. Storace
Actors £10 Internal Miss Duncan
Treasurers £10 Internal Mr Peake
Production Design (Other) £10 Internal Mr. A. Johnstone
Singers £10 Internal Chorus
Actors £9 6s 8d Internal Mr. Dowton
Actors £9 6s 8d Internal Mr. & Mrs. Mathews
Dressers £8 8s Internal Dressers
Scene Painters £8 8s Internal Mr. Greenwood
Actors £7 6s 8d Internal Miss Pope
Actors £6 13s 4d Internal Mr Palmer
Actors £6 Internal Mr. Russell
Singers £6 Internal Miss Lyon
Law £6 Internal Mr Burgess
Prompters £6 Internal Mr. Powell
Actors £5 6s 8d Internal Mr. Raymond
Singers £5 6s 8d Internal Mr. Kelly
Dancers £5 6s 8d Internal Mr. Laurent
Actors £5 6s 8d Internal Mr. Decamp
Cleaners £5 Internal Sweepers
Treasurers £5 Internal Mr. Dunn
Candles (Tallow) £5 15s External Mr. Allen Tallow
Actors £4 13s 4d Internal Mr. Powell
Actors £4 13s 4d Internal Mr. Wewitzer
Actors £4 Internal Mr Penley
Actors £4 Internal Mr. Holland
Actors £4 Internal Mr. & Mrs. Sparks
Actors £4 Internal Mr. & Miss Ray
Annuities £4 4s 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 £4 13s 4d Internal Miss Mellon
Actors £4 Internal Mrs. Harlow
Singers £3 6s 8d Internal Mr. Smith
Singers £3 6s 8d Internal Mr. Gibbon
Actors £3 6s 8d Internal Mr. Purser
Actors £3 6s 8d Internal Mr. Eyre
Dancers £3 Internal Mr Jubert
Dancers £3 6s 8d Internal Mrs. Sharp
Security £3 10s Internal Soldiers
Security £3 Internal Constables
Funds and Trusts £3 15s 4d External Unappropriated
Scene Painters £3 3s Internal Mr Banks
Production Design (Other) £3 3s Internal Mr. Underwood
Mantuamaking £3 Internal Miss Rein
House Servants (Other) £3 3s Internal Watchmen Potts & Donnelly
Singers £2 13s 4d Internal Mr. Welsh
Singers £2 13s 4d Internal Mr. Cooke
Dancers £2 13s 4d Internal Mr. Fairbrother
Actors £2 13s 4d Internal Mr. Putnam
Prompters £2 6s 8d Internal Mr. Stokes
Singers £2 Internal Mr. Miller
Actors £2 Internal Mr. Fisher
Actors £2 6s 8d Internal Mr. & Mrs. Maddocks
Employees (Other) £2 Internal Mr. & Mrs. Chatterley
Singers £2 13s 4d Internal Madme. Daponte
Actors £2 13s 4d Internal Miss Boyce
Dancers £2 13s 4d Internal Miss Gayton
Singers £2 Internal Mrs. Corri
Actors £2 Internal Mrs. Scott
Actors £2 Internal Miss Tidswell
Singers £2 Internal Mrs. St. John
Dancers £2 Internal Goodman & Austin Listed under "Men Dancers".
Dancers £2 13s 4d Internal Twamley, Green, Davis, Horribeau Listed under "Children Dancers".
Treasurers £2 Internal Mr. R Peake
Dressers £2 Internal Two Miss Smiths
Tailoring £2 Internal Mr. Banks Tailor
Wardrobe (Other) £2 Internal Mr. & Mrs. Willson
Messengers and Porters £2 8s Internal Mr. Appleby & Mr. West Messingers
Dancers £1 6s 8d Internal Mr Hartland
Singers £1 6s 8d Internal Mr. Dignum
Housekeeping £1 6s 8d 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.
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers £1 6s 8d Internal Mr. Thompson
Dancers £1 6s 8d Internal Mr. Mayle
Singers £1 Internal Mr. Danby
Singers £1 Internal Mr. Rhodes
Actors £1 Internal Mr. Tokeley
Performers (Other) £1 Internal Mr. Evans
Performers (Other) £1 6s 8d Internal Miss Kelly
Dancers £1 6s 8d Internal Miss Bristoe
Singers £1 6s 8d Internal Miss Feron
Performers (Other) £1 6s 8d Internal Miss Lacey
Housekeeping £1 6s 8d Internal Mrs. Burke
Actors £1 Internal Mrs. Cuyler
Singers £1 Internal Mrs. Gardiner
Dancers £1 13s 4d Internal Hope and Vials Listed under "Men Dancers".
Dancers £1 13s 4d Internal Wells and Broadhurst Listed under "Men Dancers".
Dancers £1 Internal Barrett Listed under "Women Dancers".
Dancers £1 Internal Ryals Listed under "Women Dancers".
Dancers £1 Internal Watson Listed under "Women Dancers".
Dancers £1 13s 4d Internal Boyce and Willson Listed under "Women Dancers".
Dancers £1 6s 8d Internal Two Dennetts Listed under "Children Dancers".
Tinworkers £1 11s 6d Internal Mr. Tuck Tinman
Music Copyists £1 5s Internal Mr Wyber
Actors 16s 8d Internal Mr. Webb
Singers 16s 8d Internal Mr. Cooke
Singers 16s 8d Internal Mr. Caulfield
Singers 16s 8d Internal Mr. Fitzsimmons
Singers 16s 8d Internal Mr Bond
Singers 16s 8d Internal Parsons
Hair, Beards and Wigs 16s Internal Mr Brady
Singers 16s 8d Internal Mr. Elliott
Singers 13s 4d Internal Master 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.
Performers (Other) 13s 4d Internal Master 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.
Dancers 16s 8d Internal Mrs. Brooker
Singers 16s 8d Internal Mrs. Butler
Actors 13s 4d Internal Mrs. Jones
Performers (Other) 13s 4d Internal Miss menage
Singers 13s 4d Internal Miss Selwin
Dancers 13s 4d Internal Mrs. Wells
Actors 13s 4d Internal Miss Mortimer
Dancers 16s 8d Internal Minton Listed under "Women Dancers".
Security 14s Internal Rigge day Watch
Total £800 3s 1d