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 Mar 1775 Drury Lane Zara, The Rival Candidates No No No £243 18s N/A N/A
12 Oct 1775 Covent Garden Zara, The Two Misers, The Gamesters No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Oct 1775 Drury Lane Zara, The Rival Candidates No No No £232 7s 6d N/A N/A
14 Dec 1775 Drury Lane Zara, The Sultan Yes No No £198 13s 6d N/A N/A
31 Jan 1776 Covent Garden Zara, Prometheus No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
03 Feb 1776 Drury Lane Zara, The Blackamoor No No No £197 2s 6d N/A N/A
07 Mar 1776 Drury Lane Zara, The Spleen or Islington Spa, The Sailors' Revels Yes No No £272 18s 6d N/A N/A
12 Feb 1779 Covent Garden Zara, Three Weeks after Marriage, The Embarkment for Cytherea No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Dec 1780 Drury Lane Zara, The Critic No No No £140 15s 58% N/A
02 Jan 1781 Drury Lane Zara, The Lyar, The Countryman Deceiv'd No No No £103 4s 29% N/A
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