Saturday 28 May 1808

Plays

Performances
The Haunted Tower, The Millers, The Weathercock
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£171 1s
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
28%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Notes
Principal characters in The Haunted Tower: Lord William, Mr. Braham; Adela, Signora Storace

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £171 1s £117 12s 6d £50 14s 6d £2 2s 12s Odd money
Total £171 1s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Lighting (Other) £82 10s External Mr. White Lighting
Musicians (Band) £69 13s Internal The Band
Management £63 Internal Principal Board of Management
Singers £39 Internal Mr Braham
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £39 12s 6d Departmental Carpenters
House Servants (Other) £35 14s Internal Servant's List
Actors £30 Internal Mrs. Jordan
Actors £28 Internal Mr. Ellistone
Stage Managers £25 4s Internal Mr. Wroughton Manager and Actor
Printing £22 16s External Lowndes Printer
Actors £20 Internal Mrs. Jordan 1 Night Extra last Week & 1. this
Actors £19 2s Internal Mr. Bannister
Dancers £18 Internal Mr. Degville
Supernumeraries £17 14s Internal Supernumeraries
Actors £16 Internal Mr. & Mrs. H. Siddons
Actors £15 Internal Mr. Johnstone
Actors £15 Internal Mr. Powell
Singers £15 Internal Mrs. Mountain
Singers £15 Internal Mrs. Bland
Actors £15 Internal Miss Duncan
Singers £15 Internal Madme. Storace
Treasurers £15 Internal Mr Peake
Candles (Tallow) £15 8s External Mr. Allen Tallow
Benefit Payments £15 6s 1d Internal Mr. Johnstone's Benefit Balance
Actors £14 Internal Mr. Dowton
Actors £14 Internal Mr. & Mrs. Mathews
Dressers £12 12s Internal Dressers
Production Design (Other) £12 7s 10d Departmental Johnstone's Room
Mantuamaking £12 14s 10d Departmental Mantua's Bill
Actors £11 Internal Miss Pope
Actors £10 Internal Mr. Palmer
Production Design (Other) £10 Internal Mr. Johnstone
Actors £9 Internal Mr. Russell
Singers £9 Internal Miss Lyons
Law £9 Internal Mr. Burgess
Singers £8 Internal Mr. Kelly
Actors £8 Internal Mr. Raymond
Actors £8 Internal Mr. Decamp
Dancers £8 Internal Mr. Laurent
Scene Painters £8 8s Internal Mr. Greenwood
Actors £7 Internal Mr. Powell
Actors £7 Internal Mr Wewitzer
Actors £7 Internal Miss Mellon
Cleaners £7 10s Internal Sweepers
Musicians (Other) £7 10s Internal Trombone by Dressler
Lamplighters £7 3s 6d Internal Lampmen
Actors £6 Internal Mr. Holland
Actors £6 Internal Mr. Penley
Actors £6 Internal Mr. & Mrs. Sparks
Actors £6 Internal Mr. & Miss Ray
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.
Actors £6 Internal Mrs. Harlow
Prompters £6 Internal Mr. Powell
Tailoring £6 13s 10d Departmental Tailor's Bill
Singers £5 Internal Mr. Smith
Actors £5 Internal Mr. Eyre
Singers £5 Internal Mr. Gibbon
Actors £5 Internal Mr. Purser
Dancers £5 Internal Mrs. Sharp
Security £5 5s Internal Soldiers
Funds and Trusts £5 13s External Unappropriated
Treasurers £5 Internal Mr. Dunn
Singers £5 Internal Chorus
Dancers £4 10s Internal Mr. Jubert
Singers £4 Internal Mr Welsh
Singers £4 Internal Mr. Cooke
Dancers £4 Internal Mr. Fairbrother
Actors £4 Internal Mr. Putnam
Dancers £4 Internal Miss Gayton
Actors £4 Internal Miss Boyce
Singers £4 Internal Madme. Daponte
Security £4 10s Internal Constables
Musicians (Other) £4 10s Internal D. of York's Band
Prompters £3 10s Internal Mr. Stokes
Singers £3 Internal Mr. Miller
Actors £3 Internal Mr. Fisher
Performers (Other) £3 Internal Mr. Roberts
Employees (Other) £3 Internal Mr. & Mrs. Chatterley
Actors £3 10s Internal Mr. & Mrs. Maddocks
Singers £3 Internal Mrs. Corri
Actors £3 Internal Mrs. Scott
Actors £3 Internal Miss Tidswell
Singers £3 Internal Mrs. St. John
Dancers £3 Internal Goodman & Austin Listed under "Men Dancers".
Dancers £3 Internal Barrett & Royals Listed under "Women Dancers".
Dancers £3 15s Internal Miss Minton Miss Boyce & Mrs. Willson Listed under "Women Dancers".
Scene Painters £3 3s Internal Mr Banks
Production Design (Other) £3 3s Internal Mr. Underwood
Mantuamaking £3 Internal Miss Rein
Musicians (Trumpets) £3 Internal Trumpets Extra
Actors £3 15s Internal Master Bristoe 15 Nights in Caractacus
Employees (Other) £2 2s Internal Mr. Simonet BD vol. 14, p. 78, states that this recipient was F(rancois?) Simonet, employed "probably as a musician". However, the Simonets were mostly a family of dancers, and payments to "Mr. Simonet" this season were made regularly, separate to payments to the band, so they cannot be confidently categorised.
Dancers £2 Internal Mr. Mayle
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers £2 Internal Mr. Thompson
Dancers £2 Internal Mr. Hartland
Singers £2 Internal Mr. Dignum
Housekeeping £2 Internal Mr. 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.
Performers (Other) £2 Internal Miss Kelly
Performers (Other) £2 Internal Miss Lacey
Singers £2 Internal Miss Feron
Housekeeping £2 Internal Mrs. Burke
Dancers £2 Internal Miss Bristoe
Dancers £2 10s Internal Mr. Hope & Mr. Garbois Listed under "Men Dancers".
Dancers £2 10s Internal Mr Wells & Mr. Vials Listed under "Men Dancers".
Dancers £2 Internal Two Dennetts Listed under "Children Dancers".
Treasurers £2 Internal Mr. R Peake
Wardrobe (Other) £2 Internal Mr. & Mrs. Willson
Tailoring £2 Internal Mr. Banks
Dressers £2 Internal Two Miss Smiths
Musicians (Side Drums) £2 12s 6d Internal Side Drums
Singers £1 10s Internal Mr. Danby
Singers £1 10s Internal Mr. Rhodes
Performers (Other) £1 10s Internal Mr. Evans
Actors £1 10s Internal Mr. Tokeley
Actors £1 5s Internal Mr. Webb
Singers £1 5s Internal Mr. Cooke
Singers £1 5s Internal Mr. Caulfield
Singers £1 5s Internal Mr. Bond
Singers £1 5s Internal Mr. Fitzsimmons
Singers £1 5s Internal Mr. Elliott
Singers £1 5s Internal Mr. Parsons
Dancers £1 5s Internal Mr. Cranfield
Hair, Beards and Wigs £1 4s Internal Mrs. Brady
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.
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.
Actors £1 10s Internal Mrs. Cuyler
Singers £1 10s Internal Mrs. Gardiner
Dancers £1 5s Internal Mrs. Brooker
Singers £1 5s Internal Mrs. Butler
Actors £1 Internal Mrs. Jones
Singers £1 Internal Miss Selwin
Dancers £1 Internal Mrs. Wells
Actors £1 Internal Miss Mortimer
Performers (Other) £1 Internal Miss Menage
Dancers £1 10s Internal Miss Watson Listed under "Women Dancers".
Dancers £1 Internal Miss Green Listed under "Children Dancers".
Dancers £1 Internal Miss Twamley Listed under "Children Dancers".
Dancers £1 Internal Miss Davis Listed under "Children Dancers".
Dancers £1 Internal Miss Horribeau Listed under "Children Dancers".
Tinworkers £1 11s 6d Internal Mr. Tuck Tinman
Messengers and Porters £1 4s Internal Mr. Appleby
Messengers and Porters £1 4s Internal Mr West
Music Copyists £1 5s Internal Mr Wyber
Security £1 16s Internal 3. Watchmen
House Servants (Other) £1 Internal Mast. Lee
Bill Distribution £1 16s Internal Billstickers
House Servants (Other) 15s Internal Potts Hallkeeper
Cleaners 12s Internal Donnelly
Security 14s Internal Rigge
Supernumeraries 14s Internal Petty Incident Man climg the Tree Do. [in Caractacus]
Total £1,149 19s 7d