Zara (1736)

Author
Aaron Hill
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Tragedy
Performance Medium
Spoken Drama
Associated work receipts The physical apparatus employed on and around the stage to support, enhance and sometimes substitute the performers' enactment of drama.
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
£14,442 4s 1d £4,750 7s 6d (32.9%) £9,691 16s 7d (67.1%)
1732 - 1809
£14,442 4s 1d - (100%) £4,750 7s 6d (32.9%) £9,691 16s 7d (67.1%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
128 44 84
1732 - 1809
128 44 84
Notes
Taken from Voltaire's 'Zaïre' (1732).
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
07 Nov 1772 Drury Lane Zara, Miss in Her Teens No No No £221 15s 6d 52% N/A
22 May 1773 Drury Lane Zara, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair, The Recruiting Serjeant Yes No No £215 13s 1d 91% N/A
08 Oct 1773 Drury Lane Zara, The Register Office No No No £182 6s 6d 69% N/A
13 Dec 1773 Drury Lane Zara, The Deserter No No No £195 10s 65% N/A
13 May 1774 Drury Lane Zara, The Note of Hand Yes No Yes £223 1s 6d 65% N/A
13 Oct 1774 Drury Lane Zara, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No No £219 12s 6d N/A N/A
03 Dec 1774 Covent Garden Zara, The Romance of an Hour, The Vintage Festival No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Dec 1774 Covent Garden Zara, The Druids No No No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Dec 1774 Drury Lane Zara, The Cobler, The Grand Provencalle Dance No No No £192 17s N/A N/A
03 Feb 1775 Covent Garden Zara, The Two Misers, The Reel No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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