Saturday 7 January 1809

Plays

Performances
Man and Wife; or, More Secrets Than One, Robinson Crusoe; or, Harlequin Friday
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£377 17s 6d
Available Revenue
77%
Capacity
62%
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 £377 17s 6d £303 £67 19s 6d 4s £6 14s Odd money Headcount for first account: Box (488); Pit (694); F. Gall (251); and U. Gall. (194). Headcount for latter account: Box (344); Pit (48); F. Gall (143); and U. Gall (177).
Box   £146 8s £51 12s
Pit   £121 16s £4 16s
First Gallery   £25 2s £7 3s
Upper Gallery   £9 14s £4 8s 6d
Other Income
Category Amount Notes
Salary adjustments £18 Deduct Mr Degville [Recorded with expenses. See MSS scan]
Sub Total £18
Total £395 17s 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. H 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. Holland
Actors £7 Internal Mr. Penley
Actors £7 Internal Mr. Wewitzer
Actors £5 Internal Mr. Eyre
Actors £5 Internal Mr. Putnam
Actors £7 Internal Mr. & Miss Ray
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 £4 Internal Miss Boyce
Actors £3 Internal Miss Tidswell
Actors £3 Internal Mrs. Scott
Actors £1 10s Internal Mrs. Cuyler
Actors £1 Internal Mrs. Jones
Actors £3 Internal Mr. Marshall 1st. Payt
Cleaners £7 10s Internal Sweepers
Cleaners 12s Internal Donnelly
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 £2 10s Internal Hope & Vials Listed under "Men Dancers".
Dancers £2 10s Internal Mr. Wells & Garbois Listed under "Men Dancers".
Dancers £1 Internal Mrs. Wells Listed under "Men Dancers", presumably because married to and usually paid with Mr Wells, male dancer.
Dancers £1 10s Internal Mrs. Barrett Listed under "Women Dancers".
Dancers £1 10s Internal Mrs. 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 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 Toose Listed under "Children Dancers".
Dancers £9 Internal Degville's Pupils
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers £2 Internal Mr. Thompson
Employees (Other) £5 Internal Mr. & Mrs V Stokes According to a company paylist for the 1809-10 season, Mrs Stokes was a dancer.
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) £4 Internal Mrs. Mudie
Employees (Other) £1 5s Internal Miss Graham
House Servants (Other) £35 8s Internal Servants 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 Mast. Lee
House Servants (Other) 15s Internal Potts
Housekeeping £2 Internal Mrs. Burke
Lamplighters £9 19s 6d Internal Lampmen
Performers (Other) £6 Internal Mr. C. Smith
Performers (Other) £4 Internal Mr. Roberts
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 Miss Hicks
Prompters £7 Internal Mr. Powell
Security £4 10s Internal Constables
Security £5 5s Internal Soldiers
Security £1 16s Internal 3 Watchmen
Security 14s Internal Rigge
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 £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 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 £15 Internal Mrs. Mountain
Singers £15 Internal Mrs. Bland
Singers £4 Internal Mr. Cooke
Singers £10 Internal Miss Lyons
Singers £4 Internal Madme. Daponte
Singers £3 Internal Mrs. Corri
Singers £3 Internal Miss Feron
Singers £1 5s Internal Mrs. Butler
Singers £1 5s Internal Mrs. Wallach
Singers £1 Internal Mrs. Caulfield
Singers £4 10s Internal Chorus
Stage Managers £15 15s Internal Mr. Thos. Sheridan Principal Stage Manager
Stage Managers £25 4s Internal Mr Wroughton Actor & Manager
Supernumeraries £23 1s 6d 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
Music Copyists £8 15s 10d Internal Wyber Music Copying
Musicians (Band) £69 13s Internal The Band
Musicians (Other) £2 5s Internal Corri Play. Gong
Musicians (Other) £10 10s Internal D. of York's Band
Musicians (Side Drums) 15s Internal Side Drum
Musicians (Trumpets) £2 5s Internal Trumpets Extra
Clothing Material (Foil) £17 External Fowke for Foil
Clothing Purchase (Other) 19s 6d Internal Willson Ruffs Listed under "Petty Incidents".
Hair, Beards and Wigs £1 4s Internal Mr. Brady
Dressers £13 1s Internal Dressers
Dressers £2 Internal Two Miss Smiths
Dressers £1 8s 6d Internal Dressers Listed under "Petty Incidents".
Mantuamaking £3 Internal Miss Rein
Mantuamaking £13 11s Departmental Mantua's Do [Bill]
Tailoring £2 Internal Mr Banks Tailor
Tailoring £13 8s 8d Departmental Tailor's Bill
Wardrobe (Other) £2 Internal Mr. & Mrs. Willson
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £63 18s 2d Departmental Carpenters
Fireworks £4 16s External Hunt for Fireworks
Production Design (Other) £10 Internal Mr. Johnstone
Production Design (Other) £3 3s Internal Mr. Underwood
Production Design (Other) £14 16s 8d Departmental Johnstone's Bill
Scene Painters £8 8s Internal Mr Greenwood
Scene Painters £3 3s Internal Mr. Banks
Scene Painters £3 3s Internal Smith Painter
Scene Painters £3 3s Internal Timman Painter
Candles (Tallow) £18 9s 10d External Allen Tallow
Lighting (Other) £75 12s External White Lighting
Lighting (Other) £85 4s External Mr. Glossop to complete Lighting
Lighting (Other) £13 External Do [Mr.] Do [Glossop] for fitting at commencement
Timber £50 External Elsom for Timber
Upkeep and Refurbishments (Other) £2 17s External Brown for Lime
Bill Distribution £1 16s Internal Billstickers
Printing £18 15s External Lowndes Printer
Management £63 Internal [board of management]
Books, Paper and Stationery £15 8s 6d External Kerton Books
Charcoal £1 4s External Charcoal Listed under "Petty Incidents".
Food and Drink 10s External Reid for Spirits Listed under "Petty Incidents".
Messengers and Porters £1 4s Internal Mr. Appleby
Messengers and Porters £1 4s Internal Mr West
Messengers and Porters 9s Internal Appleby Listed under "Petty Incidents".
Messengers and Porters 5s 7d Departmental Potts Postage Listed under "Petty Incidents".
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) £100 External Mr. Lewis Author of Venoni
Tinworkers £1 11s 6d Internal Mr. Tuck Tinman
Total £1,478 12s 9d