Saturday 21 January 1809

Plays

Performances
Man and Wife; or, More Secrets Than One, Robinson Crusoe; or, Harlequin Friday
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£240 12s
Available Revenue
63%
Capacity
39%
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 £240 12s £177 7s 6d £58 2s 6d £3 7s £1 15s Odd money Headcount for first account: Box (268); Pit (397); F. Gall (219); and U. Gall. (112). Headcount for latter account: Box (289); Pit (61); F. Gall (105); and U. Gall (137).
Box   £80 8s £43 7s
Pit   £69 9s 6d £6 2s
First Gallery   £21 18s £5 5s
Upper Gallery   £5 12s £3 8s 6d
Total £240 12s

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. Siddon
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. Holland
Actors £7 Internal Mr. Penley
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. Fisher
Actors £3 Internal Mr. Scriven
Actors £2 Internal Mr. Webb
Actors £3 Internal Mr. Marshall
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 Mrs. Scott
Actors £3 Internal Miss Tidswell
Actors £1 10s Internal Mrs. Cuyler
Actors £1 Internal Mrs. Jones
Cleaners £7 10s Internal Sweepers
Dancers £18 Internal Mr. Degville
Dancers £9 Internal Mr. Laurent
Dancers £4 Internal Mr. Fairbrother
Dancers £2 Internal Mr. Mayle
Dancers £5 Internal Miss Gayton
Dancers £5 Internal Mrs. Sharp
Dancers £2 Internal Miss Bristoe
Dancers £1 5s Internal Mrs. Brooker
Dancers £1 Internal Mrs. Wells
Dancers £3 Internal Goodman & Austin Listed under "Men Dancers".
Dancers £1 5s Internal Mr. Hope Listed under "Men Dancers".
Dancers £1 5s Internal Vials Listed under "Men Dancers".
Dancers £1 5s Internal Wells Listed under "Men Dancers".
Dancers £1 5s Internal Garbois Listed under "Men Dancers".
Dancers £3 Internal Barrett & Ryals 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. Wilson 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 Davies Listed under "Children Dancers".
Dancers £1 Internal Miss Twamley Listed under "Children Dancers".
Dancers £1 Internal Miss Toose Listed under "Children Dancers".
Dancers £7 10s Internal Extra Dancers
Dancers £112 10s Internal Mr. Degville to complete to 7. Janry
Doorkeepers and Officekeepers £2 Internal Mr. Thompson
Employees (Other) £3 Internal Mr. & Mrs. Chatterley
Employees (Other) £5 Internal Mr. & Mrs. Stokes According to a company paylist for the 1809-10 season, Mrs Stokes was a dancer.
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 Mas Lee
House Servants (Other) 15s Internal Mr. Potts
House Servants (Other) £1 6s Internal Donnelly & Rigge
Housekeeping £2 Internal Mrs. Burke
Lamplighters £9 19s 6d 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 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) £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 £5 5s Internal Soldiers
Security £4 10s Internal Constables
Security £1 16s Internal 3. Watchmen
Singers £39 Internal Mr. Braham
Singers £12 Internal Mr. Kelly
Singers £8 Internal Mr. George Smith
Singers £5 Internal Mr. Gibbon
Singers £4 Internal Mr. Welsh
Singers £4 Internal Mr. Cooke
Singers £3 Internal Mr. Miller
Singers £1 10s Internal Mr. Danby
Singers £1 5s Internal Mr. Cooke
Singers £1 5s Internal Mr. Bond
Singers £1 5s Internal Mr Caulfield
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 £2 Internal Mr. Dignum
Singers £10 Internal Miss Lyon
Singers £4 Internal Mrs. Daponte
Singers £3 Internal Miss Feron
Singers £3 Internal Mrs. Corri
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. T. Sheridan Principal Manager
Stage Managers £25 4s Internal Mr Wroughton Manager & Actor
Supernumeraries £24 15s 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) £1 5s Internal Corri Playg Bells
Musicians (Other) £13 16s Internal D. of York's Band
Musicians (Trumpets) £1 10s Internal Trumpets
Hair, Beards and Wigs £1 4s Internal Mr Brady
Hair, Beards and Wigs £36 19s Internal Brady Barbor
Dressers £13 1s Internal Dressers
Dressers £2 Internal Two Miss Smiths
Mantuamaking £3 Internal Miss Rein
Mantuamaking £9 6s 5d Departmental Mantua's Bill
Tailoring £2 Internal Mr Banks
Tailoring £9 8s 11d Departmental Tailor's Bill
Wardrobe (Other) £2 Internal Mr. & Mrs. Willson
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £64 6d Departmental Carpenters
Fireworks £2 5s External Hunt fireworks Listed under "Petty Incidents".
Production Design (Other) £10 Internal Mr. Johnstone
Production Design (Other) £3 3s Internal Mr. Underwood
Production Design (Other) £13 1s 4d Departmental Johnstone's Room
Scene Painters £8 8s Internal Mr. Greenwood
Scene Painters £3 3s Internal Mr. Banks
Scene Painters £3 13s 6d Internal Smith Painter
Scene Painters £3 13s 6d Internal Timman Painter
Candles (Tallow) £18 4s External Allen Tallow
Chimneysweeping £2 External Ellis Chimney Sweeper Listed under "Petty Incidents".
Faggots £6 15s External Weller Brush Wood
Lighting (Other) £75 12s External Mr White Lighting
Stone £9 12s 8d External Collins Mason
Upkeep and Refurbishments (Other) £1 9s 3d External Brown for Lime
Bill Distribution £1 16s Internal Billstickers
Printing £19 10s External Lowndes Printer
Management £63 Internal Proprietors Subsistance
Animals £16 6s 3d External Hodgkinson Horsekeep
Books, Paper and Stationery £1 External Stamps Listed under "Petty Incidents".
Charcoal £1 10s External Charcoal Listed under "Petty Incidents".
Messengers and Porters £1 4s Internal Mr. Appleby
Messengers and Porters £1 4s Internal Mr. West
Messengers and Porters 11s 6d Internal Appleby Listed under "Petty Incidents".
Messengers and Porters £2 3s Internal West Messinger Listed under "Petty Incidents".
Royal Attendants £4 4s External His Majesties Servts. Xmas Box
Royal Attendants £4 4s External Her Majesty Do [Servts.] Do [Xmas Box]
Royal Attendants £2 2s External Prince of Wales's Do [Servts.] Do [Xmas Box]
Royal Attendants £2 2s External Duke of York's Do [Servts.] Do [Xmas Box]
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 Author of Man & Wife
Authorial Payments (Other) £100 External Author of the Curfew
Tinworkers £1 11s 6d Internal Mr. Tuck Tinman
Total £1,575 10d