Monday 8 February 1796

Plays

Performances
The Way to Get Married, Merry Sherwood; or, Harlequin Forester
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£264 17s 6d
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
58%
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 £264 17s 6d £257 12s 6d £0 £7 5s £0
Total £264 17s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Musicians (Band) £8 19s 2d Internal Music 6th. Ins
Musicians (Kettle Drums) 5s Internal Kettle Drum
Clothing Purchase (Footwear) £100 External Paid Mr. Wilmer / Shoemaker / on Acco
Properties 10s Departmental Properties Do [6th. Ins]
Proprietorial (Other) £237 10s External Paid Thos. Harris Esqr. [per] Mr. Thos. Harris Presumably a payment to one of Thomas Harris's sons, Thomas Charlton Harris.
Unknown £383 1s 3d Unknown Paid Do [Thos. Harris Esqr.] [per] 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.
Total £730 5s 5d