Saturday 26 March 1808

Plays

Performances
Kais; or, Love in the Deserts, The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphosed
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£270 16s
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
44%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £270 16s £188 2s £80 6s 6d £0 £2 7s 6d Odd money [No aftermoney in account book. See MSS scan]
Total £270 16s

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. H. 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. Holland
Actors £4 Internal Mr. Penley
Actors £3 6s 8d Internal Mr. Purser
Actors £3 6s 8d Internal Mr. Eyre
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 Miss Tidswell
Actors £2 Internal Mrs. Scott
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 Fairbrother
Dancers £1 6s 8d Internal Mr. Hartland
Dancers £1 6s 8d Internal Mr. Mayle
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 Mr Hope Listed under "Men Dancers".
Dancers 16s 8d Internal Mr Wells Listed under "Men Dancers".
Dancers 16s 8d Internal Mr. Vials Listed under "Men Dancers".
Dancers 16s 8d Internal Mr Broadhurst Listed under "Men Dancers".
Dancers £1 Internal Barrett Listed under "Women Dancers".
Dancers £1 Internal Mrs. Ryalls Listed under "Women Dancers".
Dancers £1 Internal Watson Miss 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 Mrs. Willson Listed under "Women Dancers".
Dancers 13s 4d Internal Twamley Listed under "Children Dancers".
Dancers £1 6s 8d Internal Two Miss Dennetts Listed under "Children Dancers".
Dancers 13s 4d Internal Miss Green Listed under "Children Dancers".
Dancers 13s 4d Internal Miss Davis 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. R 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 £7 3s 6d Internal Lampmen
Performers (Other) £1 Internal Mr. Evans
Performers (Other) 13s 4d 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 6s 8d Internal Miss Kelly
Performers (Other) £1 6s 8d Internal Miss Lacey
Performers (Other) 13s 4d Internal Miss Menage
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 3. Watchmen
Security 14s Internal Rigge
Singers £26 Internal Mr. Braham
Singers £5 6s 8d Internal Mr. Kelly
Singers £3 6s 8d Internal Mr. Smith
Singers £3 6s 8d Internal Mr. Gibbon
Singers £2 13s 4d Internal Mr. Cooke
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. Fitzsimmons
Singers 16s 8d Internal Mr Caulfield
Singers 16s 8d Internal Mr. Elliott
Singers 16s 8d Internal Mr. Parsons
Singers 16s 8d Internal Mr Bond
Singers £10 Internal Mrs. Mountain
Singers £10 Internal Mrs. Bland
Singers £10 Internal Madme. Storace
Singers 13s 4d 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 £6 Internal Miss Lyon
Singers £2 13s 4d Internal Mrs. Daponte
Singers £2 Internal Mrs. Corri
Singers £2 Internal Mrs. St. John
Singers £1 Internal Mrs. Gardiner
Singers 16s 8d Internal Mrs. Butler
Singers 13s 4d Internal Miss Selwin
Singers £1 6s 8d Internal Miss Feron
Singers £2 10s Internal Chorus
Stage Managers £16 16s Internal Mr. Wroughton Manager & Actor
Supernumeraries £11 16s 6d Internal Supernumeraries
Treasurers £10 Internal Mr. Peake
Treasurers £5 Internal Mr. Dunn
Treasurers £2 Internal Mr. R. Peake
Treasurers £10 Internal Mr. Hammond 1/4 Salary
Treasurers £10 Internal Rd Peake Junr. Summer Salary
Music Copyists £1 5s Internal Mr. Wyber
Musicians (Band) £46 8s 8d Internal The Band
Musicians (Other) £3 10s 6d Internal D of Cambridge's Band
Musicians (Other) £14 12s 6d Internal Flack's Boys Bugle Horns
Musicians (Other) 15s Internal Tamplin Do. [Bugle Horns]
Musicians (Trumpets) £2 5s Internal Trumpets Extra
Clothing Purchase (Other) £1 3s Internal Willson Ruffs Listed under "Petty Incidents".
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 £9 10s 6d Departmental Mantua Do [Bill]
Tailoring £2 Internal Mr. Banks Tailor
Tailoring £5 17s 1d Departmental Tailor's Bill
Wardrobe (Other) £2 Internal Mr. & Mrs. Willson
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £45 2s 3d Departmental Carpenters
Production Design (Other) £10 Internal Mr. Johnstone
Production Design (Other) £3 3s Internal Mr. Underwood
Production Design (Other) £15 Departmental Mr. A. Johnstone Bill
Scene Painters £8 8s Internal Mr. Greenwood
Scene Painters £3 3s Internal Mr Banks
Scene Painters £3 3s Internal Smith Painter
Candles (Tallow) £9 17s 5d External Mr. Allen Tallow
Lighting (Other) £55 External Mr White Lighting
Stone £4 3s 10d External Jno. Collins Mason
Bill Distribution £1 16s Internal Billstickers
Printing £19 9s External Lowndes Printer
Management £42 Internal Principal Board of Management
Paving, Cleansing and Lighting Rates £25 12s 9d External Brown Paving in full
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
Unknown £1 Unknown Box for Tekeli Listed under "Petty Incidents". Unclear what type of box, i.e. a crate, a tree, the hire of a private box in the auditorium, or some other type.
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
Play Licences £2 2s External License of Kais
Tinworkers £1 11s 6d Internal Mr. Tuck Tinman
Tinworkers £17 6s 6d Departmental Tuck Bill for Tin
Total £872 17s 10d