Monday 19 February 1787

Plays

Event Type
Command Performance
Revenue
£323 6s
Available Revenue
58%
Capacity
95%

Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
King George III
Requested by
N/A

Notes
By Command of Their Majesties

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £323 6s £320 13s 6d £0 £2 12s 6d £0
Total £323 6s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Unknown £300 Unknown Pd. Thos. Longman Esqr Thomas Longman Esquire seems to have loaned money to Thomas Harris/Covent Garden, and/or disbursed money on the theatre's behalf; but various Longmans were involved in selling stationery, sheet music, and even musical instruments to Covent Garden, and seem to have printed playbooks for the theatre and/or bought the copyright of plays from the theatre in order to print and sell those plays for their own (the Longmans') profit. It is therefore difficult to categorise this and many other of the payments involving Thomas Longman Esquire in particular and the Longmans in general.
Benefit Payments £158 14s 6d External Pd. Mrs. Inchbald her 3d. Nights Receipt
Unknown £16 8s Unknown Pd. Mr. Munro for Coin The recipient was named Hugh Munro on 24 April 1786, but he has not been identified. There were musicians named Monro/Munro active at this time, but the meaning of "Coin" is unclear and does not sound musical.
Faggots £10 External Pd. Mr Shropshire for Faggots
Musicians (Band) £8 4s 8d Internal Music the 17th. Inst
Royal Attendants £3 9s External Pd. The Kings Queens & Princess Royals Servts.
Royal Attendants £2 2s External Pd. The Yeomen of the Guard
Properties 6s 1d Departmental Properties Do [the 17th. Inst]
Musicians (Kettle Drums) 5s Internal Kettle Drum
Total £499 9s 3d