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 %
27 Jan 1752 Covent Garden Zara, The Mock Doctor, Grand Comic Ballet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Mar 1752 Covent Garden Zara, The Contrivances, Pigmalion No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Apr 1752 Covent Garden Zara, The Dragon of Wantly, Grand Dutch Dance, Ellen Aroon, Grand Scots Ballet, Louvre, Minuet Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
15 May 1752 Covent Garden Zara, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Dec 1752 Covent Garden Zara, Flora, Les Charboniers, Les Sabotiers Tyrolese No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Jan 1753 Covent Garden Zara, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Mar 1754 Drury Lane Zara, The Englishman in Paris No No Yes £225 N/A N/A
24 Apr 1754 Drury Lane Zara, Lethe No No Yes £192 N/A N/A
08 Apr 1755 Drury Lane Zara, The Chaplet Yes No Yes £150 N/A N/A
30 Apr 1755 Drury Lane Zara, Proteus No No Yes £209 N/A N/A
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