Saturday 3 December 1808

Plays

Performances
Venoni; or, The Novice of St Mark's, The Doctor and the Apothecary
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£263 17s 6d
Available Revenue
39%
Capacity
43%
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 £263 17s 6d £165 8s £93 16s £2 5s £2 8s 6d Odd money Headcount for first account: Box (213); Pit (418); F. Gall (186); and U. Gall. (195). Headcount for latter account: Box (469); Pit (148); F. Gall (122); and U. Gall (156).
Box   £63 18s £69
Pit   £73 3s £14 16s
First Gallery   £18 12s £6 2s
Upper Gallery   £9 15s £3 18s
Other Income
Category Amount Notes
Salary adjustments £25 4s Deduct for Mr Wroughton [Recorded with expenses. See MSS scan]
Salary adjustments £18 Do. [Deduct] for Mr Degville [Recorded with expenses. See MSS scan]
Sub Total £43 4s
Total £307 1s 6d

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 £15 Internal Mr. Dowton
Actors £20 Internal Mr. & Mrs. 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 £7 Internal Mr. Penley
Actors £7 Internal Mr Holland
Actors £5 Internal Mr. Eyre
Actors £5 Internal Mr. Putnam
Actors £6 Internal Mr. & Mrs. Sparks
Actors £3 10s Internal Mr. & Mrs. Maddocks
Actors £3 Internal Mr. Scriven
Actors £3 Internal Mr. Fisher
Actors £2 Internal Mr. Webb
Actors £1 5s Internal Mr. Norris BD vol. 11, p. 59 speculates that this may have been William Norris, the actor who had been employed at Drury Lane 1775-83.
Actors £30 Internal Mrs. Jordan
Actors £15 Internal Mrs. Powell
Actors £15 Internal Miss Duncan
Actors £8 Internal Miss Mellon
Actors £6 Internal Mrs. Harlow
Actors £7 Internal Mr. & Miss Ray
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
Cleaners £7 10s Internal Sweepers
Cleaners £7 8s Internal Sweepers Bye days
Dancers £18 Internal Mr. Degville
Dancers £9 Internal Mr. Laurent
Dancers £4 Internal Mr. Fairbrother
Dancers £2 Internal Mr. Mayle
Dancers £5 Internal Mrs. Sharp
Dancers £5 Internal Miss Gayton
Dancers £2 Internal Miss Bristoe
Dancers £1 5s Internal Mrs. Brooker
Dancers £3 Internal Goodman & Austin Listed under "Men Dancers".
Dancers £1 5s Internal Hope Mr. Listed under "Men Dancers".
Dancers £1 5s Internal Mr. Garbois Listed under "Men Dancers".
Dancers £1 5s Internal Mr. Vials Listed under "Men Dancers".
Dancers £2 5s Internal Mr. Wells & Wife Listed under "Men Dancers", although presumably this appellation does not apply to "Wife".
Dancers £3 Internal Barrett & Ryalls 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 £2 Internal Two Dennetts Listed under "Children Dancers".
Dancers £1 Internal Miss Davis Listed under "Children Dancers".
Dancers £1 Internal Miss Twamley Listed under "Children Dancers".
Dancers £1 Internal Miss Toose Listed under "Children Dancers".
Dancers £1 Internal Miss Green Listed under "Children Dancers".
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers £2 Internal Mr. Thompson
Employees (Other) £3 Internal Mr. & Mrs. Chatterley
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.
Employees (Other) £1 5s Internal Miss Graham
Employees (Other) £33 6s 8d Internal Mrs. Mudie 50. Nights Arrears
House Servants (Other) £36 3s Internal Servant's List
House Servants (Other) £6 Internal Mr. Ward BD vol. 9, p. 314 describes Charles Ward as "secretary of Drury Lane theatre", but other sources call him secretary to the management or to the Board of Management.
House Servants (Other) £2 10s Internal Mr. Homan
House Servants (Other) £1 Internal Mr. Lee Previously listed as "Master Lee".
House Servants (Other) 15s Internal Potts
House Servants (Other) £1 6s Internal Donnelly & Rigge
Housekeeping £2 Internal Mrs. Burke
Lamplighters £10 13s Internal Lampmen
Performers (Other) £6 Internal Mr. Smith
Performers (Other) £4 Internal Mr. Robert
Performers (Other) £2 Internal Mr. Evans
Performers (Other) £1 5s Internal Mr. 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) £4 Internal Mrs. Orger
Performers (Other) £3 Internal Miss Lacey
Performers (Other) £2 Internal Miss Kelly
Performers (Other) £1 Internal Miss Menage
Performers (Other) £1 Internal Do [Deduct] for Mistake in these deductions [for Mr Wroughton, for Mr. Degville] last Week
Prompters £3 10s Internal Mr. Stokes
Prompters £7 Internal Mr. Powell
Security £5 5s Internal Soldiers
Security £4 10s Internal Constables
Security £1 16s Internal Watchman
Singers £39 Internal Mr. Braham
Singers £12 Internal Mr. Kelly
Singers £8 Internal Mr. G. Smith
Singers £5 Internal Mr. Gibbon
Singers £4 Internal Mr. Welsh
Singers £4 Internal Mr. Cooke
Singers £3 Internal Mr. Miller
Singers £2 Internal Mr. Dignum
Singers £1 10s Internal Mr. Danby
Singers £1 5s Internal Mr. Cooke
Singers £1 5s Internal Mr. Caulfield
Singers £1 5s Internal Mr Bond
Singers £1 5s Internal Mr. Dibble
Singers £1 5s Internal Mr. Jones
Singers £1 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.
Singers £15 Internal Mrs. Mountain
Singers £15 Internal Mrs. Bland
Singers £10 Internal Miss Lyon
Singers £4 Internal Madme. Daponte
Singers £3 Internal Mrs. Corri
Singers £3 Internal Miss Feron
Singers £1 10s Internal Mrs. Gardiner
Singers £1 5s Internal Mrs. Butler
Singers £1 5s Internal Mrs. Wallach
Singers £1 Internal Miss Williams
Singers £1 Internal Mrs. Caulfield
Singers £6 15s Internal Chorus
Stage Managers £15 15s Internal Mr. T Sheridan Manager
Stage Managers £25 4s Internal Mr Wroughton
Supernumeraries £21 3s Internal Supernumeraries
Treasurers £13 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 (Other) £11 11s Internal Reeve Playing Bells
Musicians (Other) £3 10s 6d Internal D. of Cumberland's Band
Musicians (Other) £13 16s Internal D. of York's Band
Musicians (Side Drums) £3 7s 6d Internal Side Drums
Musicians (Trumpets) £2 5s Internal Trumpets
Hair, Beards and Wigs £1 4s Internal Mr. Brady
Dressers £12 12s Internal Dressers
Dressers £2 Internal Miss Smith & Sister
Mantuamaking £3 Internal Miss Rein
Mantuamaking £16 11s 7d Departmental Mantua's Bill
Tailoring £2 Internal Mr. Banks Tailor
Tailoring £9 10s Departmental Tailor's Bill
Wardrobe (Other) £2 Internal Mr. & Mrs. Willson
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £84 6d Departmental Carpenters
Production Design (Other) £10 Internal Mr. Johnstone
Production Design (Other) £3 3s Internal Mr. Underwood
Production Design (Other) £17 13s Departmental Johnstone's Bill
Scene Painters £8 8s Internal Mr. Greenwood
Scene Painters £3 3s Internal Mr. Banks
Scene Painters £4 14s 6d Internal Smith Painter
Candles (Tallow) £19 13s 4d External Allen Tallow
Lighting (Other) £75 12s External White Lighting
Lighting (Other) £144 External Mr Glossop on Account of Lighting
Upkeep and Refurbishments (Other) £4 7s External Brown for Lime &c
Bill Distribution £1 16s Internal Billstickers
Newspaper Advertisements £17 11s External Morning Advertiser
Newspaper Advertisements £21 4s External Do [Morning] Chronicle
Newspaper Advertisements £17 5s External Do [Morning] Herald
Newspaper Advertisements £18 15s External Statesman
Newspaper Advertisements £26 17s External Pilot
Newspaper Advertisements £10 7s External Aurora
Newspaper Advertisements £1 16s External Englishman
Printing £19 10s External Lowndes Printer
Management £63 Internal [board of management]
Artificial Flowers £5 6d External Huggins Artificial flowers
Messengers and Porters £1 4s Internal Mr. Appleby
Messengers and Porters £1 4s Internal Mr. West
Miscellaneous £3 4s 1d External Petty Incidents Charcoal Potts & Stamps
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.
Law £10 Internal Mr Burgess
Authorial Payments (Other) £50 External Author of the World
Authorial Payments (Other) £100 External Author of Kais
Tinworkers £1 11s 6d Internal Mr. Tuck Tinman
Tinworkers £1 Departmental Tuck Tinman
Total £1,666 4s 8d