Wednesday 6 February 1793

Plays

Event Type
Benefit
Revenue
£299 17s
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
N/A

Beneficiary(ies)
Elizabeth Inchbald
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Charge
Free
Additional Charge
N/A

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £299 17s £293 18s £0 £5 19s £0
Beneficiaries
Tickets Amount Box Pit Gallery Total
Elizabeth Inchbald £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Total £299 17s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Unknown £568 9s 3d Unknown 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.
Unknown £28 3s Unknown Thos: Harris Esqr: by Taitt
Miscellaneous £10 9s 6d Internal Music &c. The term "Music &c." was used in this account book to cover daily payments to the band, the properties department and a kettle drummer. Comparison with other account books suggests that the bulk of the money (generally 80-90%) went to the band, 5s went to the kettle drummer and the rest of the money went to the properties.
Total £607 1s 9d