Saturday 19 March 1808

Plays

Performances
The Chances, The Prize; or, 2, 5, 3, 8
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£188 10s 6d
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
31%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Notes
Principal characters in The Chances: Don John, Mr. Eliston; Constantia, Mrs. Jordan

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £188 10s 6d £127 10s 6d £59 11s 15s 14s Odd money
Total £188 10s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Actors £18 13s 4d Internal Mr. Elliston
Actors £12 14s 8d Internal Mr. Bannister
Actors £10 Internal Mr. Johnstone
Actors £10 13s 4d Internal Mr. & Mrs. Siddons
Actors £9 6s 8d Internal Mr. & Mrs. Mathews
Actors £9 6s 8d Internal Mr. Dowton
Actors £6 13s 4d Internal Mr Palmer
Actors £6 Internal Mr. Russell
Actors £5 6s 8d Internal Mr. Raymond
Actors £5 6s 8d Internal Mr. Decamp
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 £3 6s 8d Internal Mr. Eyre
Actors £3 6s 8d Internal Mr. Purser
Actors £2 13s 4d Internal Mr. Putnam
Actors £2 Internal Mr. Fisher
Actors £2 6s 8d Internal Mr. & Mrs. Maddocks
Actors £4 Internal Mr. & Mrs. Sparks
Actors £4 Internal Mr. & Miss Ray
Actors £1 Internal Mr. Tokely
Actors 16s 8d Internal Mr. Webb
Actors £20 Internal Mrs. Jordan
Actors £10 Internal Mrs. Powell
Actors £10 Internal Miss Duncan
Actors £7 6s 8d Internal Miss Pope
Actors £4 13s 4d Internal Miss Mellon
Actors £4 Internal Mrs. Harlow
Actors £2 13s 4d Internal Miss Boyce
Actors £2 Internal Mrs. Scott
Actors £2 Internal Miss Tidswell
Actors £1 Internal Mrs. Cuyler
Actors 13s 4d Internal Mrs. Jones
Actors 13s 4d Internal Miss Mortimer
Cleaners £5 Internal Sweepers
Cleaners 12s Internal Donnelly
Dancers £12 Internal Mr. Degville
Dancers £5 6s 8d Internal Mr. Laurent
Dancers £3 Internal Mr Jubert
Dancers £2 13s 4d Internal Mr. Fairbrother
Dancers £1 6s 8d Internal Mr. Hartland
Dancers £1 6s 8d Internal Mr. Male
Dancers £3 6s 8d Internal Mrs. Sharp
Dancers £2 13s 4d Internal Miss Gayton
Dancers £1 6s 8d Internal Miss Bristoe
Dancers 16s 8d Internal Mrs. Brooker
Dancers 13s 4d Internal Mrs. Wells
Dancers £2 Internal Goodman & Austin Listed under "Men Dancers".
Dancers 16s 8d Internal Hope Mr. Listed under "Men Dancers".
Dancers 16s 8d Internal Mr. Broadhurst Listed under "Men Dancers".
Dancers 16s 8d Internal Mr. Vials Listed under "Men Dancers".
Dancers 16s 8d Internal Mr. Wells Listed under "Men Dancers".
Dancers £1 Internal Barrett Listed under "Women Dancers".
Dancers £1 Internal Mrs. Royals Listed under "Women Dancers".
Dancers £1 Internal Miss Watson Listed under "Women Dancers".
Dancers 16s 8d Internal Miss Minton Listed under "Women Dancers".
Dancers 16s 8d Internal Miss Boyce Listed under "Women Dancers".
Dancers 16s 8d Internal Miss Willson Listed under "Women Dancers".
Dancers 13s 4d Internal Twamley Listed under "Children Dancers. ".
Dancers £1 6s 8d Internal Two Dennetts Listed under "Children Dancers. ".
Dancers 13s 4d Internal Green Miss Listed under "Children Dancers. ".
Dancers 13s 4d Internal Davis Miss Listed under "Children Dancers. ".
Dancers 13s 4d Internal Miss Horribeau Listed under "Children Dancers. ".
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers £1 6s 8d Internal Mr. Thompson
Employees (Other) £2 Internal Mr. & Mrs. Chatterley
House Servants (Other) £23 16s Internal Servant's List
House Servants (Other) 15s Internal Potts
Housekeeping £1 6s 8d Internal [blank entry] Apparently a salary payment, corresponding to Mr Millington's salary and position in the payroll. The recipient continues to be paid but remains unnamed until the end of the season. 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. However, the engagement list also suggests that Millington's employment had terminated by the end of the season, so perhaps the payments to an unnamed recipient actually went to someone else who had taken over his role.
Housekeeping £1 6s 8d Internal Mrs. Burke
Lamplighters £6 16s 6d Internal Lampmen
Performers (Other) £1 Internal Mr. Evans
Performers (Other) £1 6s 8d Internal Mast. West & Mast. Wallach Masters West and Wallach are described as "Chorus" in the 1807 Drury Lane engagement list (Folger W. b. 82), but Wallach acted in child's roles, and West may have done the same.
Performers (Other) £1 6s 8d Internal Miss Kelly
Performers (Other) £1 6s 8d Internal Miss Lacey
Performers (Other) 13s 4d Internal Miss Manage
Prompters £2 6s 8d Internal Mr. Stokes
Prompters £6 Internal Mr. Powell
Security £3 10s Internal Soldiers
Security £3 Internal Constables
Security £1 16s Internal Watchmen
Security 14s Internal Rigge day Watch
Singers £26 Internal Mr. Braham
Singers £5 6s 8d Internal Mr. Kelly
Singers £3 6s 8d Internal Mr. Gibbons
Singers £3 6s 8d Internal Mr Smith
Singers £2 13s 4d Internal Mr. Welsh
Singers £2 Internal Mr. Miller
Singers £1 6s 8d Internal Mr. Dignum
Singers £1 Internal Mr. Danby
Singers £1 Internal Mr Rhodes
Singers 16s 8d Internal Mr. Cooke
Singers 16s 8d Internal Mr. Caulfield
Singers 16s 8d Internal Mr. Fitzsimmons
Singers 16s 8d Internal Mr. Bonds
Singers 16s 8d Internal Mr. Parsons
Singers £10 Internal Mrs. Mountain
Singers £10 Internal Mrs Bland
Singers £10 Internal Madme Storace
Singers 16s 8d Internal Mr Elliott
Singers £2 13s 4d Internal Mr. Cooke
Singers £6 Internal Miss Lion
Singers £2 13s 4d Internal Miss Daponte
Singers £2 Internal Mrs. Corri
Singers £2 Internal Mrs. St. John
Singers £1 6s 8d Internal Miss Feron
Singers £1 Internal Mrs. Gardiner
Singers 16s 8d Internal Mrs. Butler
Singers 13s 4d Internal Miss Selwin
Singers £5 Internal Chorus
Singers £1 Internal Corri Singg Listed under "Petty Incidents".
Stage Managers £16 16s Internal Mr. Wroughton Manager & Actor
Supernumeraries £6 2s 6d Internal Supernumeraries
Treasurers £10 Internal Mr Peake
Treasurers £5 Internal Mr. Dunn
Treasurers £2 Internal Mr. R Peake
Treasurers £20 Internal Mr. Dunn Summer Salary
Music Copyists £1 5s Internal Mr. Wyber
Music Copyists £13 4s Internal Wyber Music Copying
Musicians (Band) £46 8s 8d Internal The Band
Musicians (Harps) £5 5s Internal Weippert Harp
Musicians (Other) £4 10s Internal D. of York's Band
Musicians (Side Drums) £1 17s 6d Internal Side Drums
Musicians (Trumpets) £1 10s Internal Trumpets Extra
Hair, Beards and Wigs 16s Internal Mr Brady
Dressers £8 8s Internal Dressers
Dressers £2 Internal Two Miss Smiths
Mantuamaking £3 Internal Miss Rein
Mantuamaking £23 7s 6d Departmental Mantua Do [Room]
Tailoring £2 Internal Mr Banks Tailor
Tailoring £5 17s 1d Departmental Tailor's Bill
Wardrobe (Other) £2 Internal Mr. & Mrs. Willson
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £40 10s Departmental Carpenters
Production Design (Other) £10 Internal Mr. Johnstone
Production Design (Other) £3 3s Internal Mr. Underwood
Production Design (Other) £16 6d Departmental Johnstone's Room
Scene Painters £8 8s Internal Mr. Greenwood
Scene Painters £3 3s Internal Mr. Banks
Scene Painters £3 3s Internal Smith Painter
Scene Painters £25 Internal Mr Greenwood on Account Sumr. Saly
Candles (Tallow) £24 15s 6d External Mr. Allen Tallow
Coal £50 External Mr. Jones for Coals
Lighting (Other) £55 External Mr White Lighting
Timber £50 External Elsom Mr. Timber Merchant
Upkeep and Refurbishments (Other) £4 4s External Brown for Lime
Bill Distribution £1 16s Internal Billstickers
Newspaper Advertisements £33 18s External Morning Advertizer for last Season
Printing £20 5s External Lowndes Printer
Management £42 Internal Principal Board of Management
Charcoal £2 14s External Charcoal Listed under "Petty Incidents".
Messengers and Porters £1 4s Internal Mr. Appleby
Messengers and Porters £1 4s Internal Mr. West
Miscellaneous £2 8s External Cornman Silr. Tickets Listed under "Petty Incidents".
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.
Funds and Trusts £3 15s 4d External Unappropriated
Law £6 Internal Mr. Burgess
Tinworkers £1 11s 6d Internal Mr. Tuck Tinman
Tinworkers £2 14s 6d Departmental Tuck Tinman Listed under "Petty Incidents".
Total £1,019 16s 1d