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 %
03 Feb 1781 Drury Lane Zara, Robinson Crusoe No No No £216 15s 60% N/A
10 Jan 1782 Covent Garden Zara, The Choice of Harlequin No No No £211 10s 59% N/A
17 Jan 1782 Covent Garden Zara, The Choice of Harlequin No No No £232 2s 65% N/A
10 Oct 1782 Covent Garden Zara, The Choice of Harlequin or The Indian Chief No No No £218 11s 55% N/A
25 Nov 1782 Covent Garden Zara, Lord Mayor's Day or A Flight from Lapland No No No £215 3s 47% N/A
04 Mar 1784 Covent Garden Zara, The Rival Knights, Rosina No No No £202 11s N/A N/A
28 Sep 1784 Covent Garden Zara, Catherine and Petruchio No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Nov 1784 Drury Lane Zara, Bon Ton No Yes No £289 18s N/A N/A
24 Nov 1784 Drury Lane Zara, High Life below Stairs No No No £226 6s 6d N/A N/A
26 Dec 1785 Drury Lane Zara, Hurly Burly or The Fairy of the Well No No No £181 2s 43% N/A
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