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 %
05 Mar 1761 Drury Lane Zara, Edgar and Emmeline Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Apr 1761 Drury Lane Zara, The Register Office with Prologue No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Sep 1761 Drury Lane Zara, Harlequin Ranger, New Dutch Comic Dance, The Camp Alarmed No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Oct 1761 Covent Garden Zara, The Fair No No No £109 8s 6d N/A N/A
17 Nov 1761 Drury Lane Zara, The Old Maid, The Coronation Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Nov 1762 Drury Lane Zara, The Witches No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Dec 1762 Drury Lane Zara, The Musical Lady, Comic Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
30 Apr 1763 Drury Lane Zara, The Devil to Pay, Old Fool, or The Farmer Trick'd, Dutch Dance, Hornpipe, Louvre, Minuet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
07 Jan 1764 Drury Lane Zara, The Rites of Hecate No No No £241 7s N/A N/A
16 Jan 1764 Drury Lane Zara, The Rites of Hecate Yes No Yes £233 8s N/A N/A
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