Tuesday 15 April 1788

Plays

Performances
Robin Hood; or, Sherwood Forest (1784), Omai; or, A Trip round the World
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£170 7s 6d
Available Revenue
43%
Capacity
50%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Notes
In mainpiece, the playbill retains Bowden as Robin Hood but an apology was made for the sudden indisposition of Bowden; Davies was the substitute

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £170 7s 6d £163 15s £0 £6 12s 6d £0
Total £170 7s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Musicians (Band) £8 6s 6d Internal Music the 14th. Inst.
Musicians (Kettle Drums) 5s Internal Kettle Drum do. [the 14th. Inst.]
Clothing Material (Haberdashery) £25 4s External Paid Messrs. Knight & Richards on Acct. of last Season
Properties £1 5s Departmental Properties do. [the 14th. Inst.]
Benefit Payments £76 13s External Paid Lady Wallace on Acct. of the third Night of Ton
Benefit Payments £24 19s 6d Internal Paid Mr. Aickin his Benefit Ballce.
Unknown £51 Unknown Paid Mr. Cox for 300 Doals [?] "Doals" is an ambiguous word in this context. Perhaps it meant "portions" paid to scenemen, the usual recipient of Gabriel Cox's distributions; perhaps it meant charitable "doles", or had some relation to mourning, in which case the recipient may have been the undertaker named Mr Cox paid on 14 February 1774. In the nineteenth century, the term seems to have been used sometimes for ores, so perhaps these "Doals" were painting supplies, and the recipient was in fact Cox & Co/Merle, from whom Covent Garden occasionally bought verditer. Or perhaps the recipient was Robert Kilbye Cox, and the "300 Doals" referred to his share of the theatre; see the payments to a Mr Cox on 8 January and 22 January 1787 and the notes to them.
Renters' Shares £18 13s 6d External Paid Mr. Willock Renter
Total £206 6s 6d