Tuesday 11 March 1788

Plays

Performances
Annette and Lubin, She Stoops to Conquer; or The Mistakes of a Night, The Mock Doctor; or, The Dumb Lady Cured
Event Type
Benefit
Revenue
£238 19s 6d
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
70%
Beneficiary(ies)
Thomas Ryder
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Charge
Unknown
Additional Charge
Unknown
Notes
2nd piece: Not acted these 3 years
Tickets to be had of Ryder at his house, No. 5 Bow Street, Covent Garden

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £140 6s 6d £137 9s £0 £2 17s 6d £0
Beneficiaries
Tickets Amount Box Pit Gallery Total
Thomas Ryder £98 13s 280 131 90 501
Other Income
Category Amount Notes
Uncategorised £179 10s Recd of Mr Robinson Bookseller
Sub Total £179 10s
Total £418 9s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Musicians (Band) £8 6s 6d Internal Music the 10th. Inst.
Musicians (Kettle Drums) 5s Internal Kettle Drum
Properties 5s Departmental Properties
Unknown £179 10s Unknown Paid Thos. Longman Esqr. A note has been written beneath this payment, "See Recept. side", referring to a receipt of 11 March 1788, "Rec'd of Mr Robinson Bookseller", £179 10s. 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.
Tontines £350 External Paid the Tontine
Total £538 6s 6d