Wednesday 7 February 1798

Plays

Performances
False Impressions, Netley Abbey
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£108 12s
Available Revenue
26%
Capacity
24%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A
Notes
The Heir at Law advertised on playbill of 6 Feb is obliged on account of Knight's Indisposition to be deferred till Monday

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £108 12s £101 10s 6d £0 £7 1s 6d £0
Total £108 12s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Musicians (Band) £9 3s 4d Internal Music 6th. Ins
Musicians (Kettle Drums) 5s Internal Kettle Drum
Properties 7s Departmental Properties Do [6th. Ins]
Unknown £250 Unknown Paid Mr. Saunders on Acco A Mr Saunders was regularly paid large amounts of money in the 1790s, seemingly as loan repayments or for some other financial arrangement, but it is hard to be sure.
Unknown £500 Unknown Paid Thos. Harris Esqr. [per] Mr. T. N. Longman 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 £50 Unknown Paid Do [Thos. Harris Esqr.] [per] Mr. Grange
Total £809 15s 4d