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
£14,896 12s 1d £5,058 6d (34%) £9,838 11s 7d (66%)
1732 - 1809
£14,896 12s 1d - (100%) £5,058 6d (34%) £9,838 11s 7d (66%)
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 %
23 Jan 1736 Drury Lane Zara, Harlequin Restord No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Jan 1736 Drury Lane Zara, Harlequin Restord No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Jan 1736 Drury Lane Zara, Harlequin Restord No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Jan 1736 Drury Lane Zara, Harlequin Restord No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Mar 1751 Covent Garden Zara, Grand Scotch Ballet No Yes Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Mar 1751 Covent Garden Zara, Merlin's Cave Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 May 1751 Covent Garden Zara, Tom Thumb the Great No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 Oct 1751 Covent Garden Zara, The Mock Doctor, Grand Dutch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Nov 1751 Covent Garden Zara, The Devil to Pay, Dutch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Jan 1752 Covent Garden Zara, The Necromancer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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