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 %
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
09 May 1755 Drury Lane Zara, Britannia No No No £120 N/A N/A
30 Oct 1755 Covent Garden Zara, The Contrivances No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Nov 1755 Covent Garden Zara, The Cheats of Scapin No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Nov 1755 Covent Garden Zara, The Lying Valet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Dec 1755 Covent Garden Zara, The Lying Valet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Dec 1755 Covent Garden Zara, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Feb 1756 Drury Lane Zara, Britannia No No No £180 N/A N/A
27 Jan 1757 Drury Lane Zara, The Reprisal, The Indian Peasants No No No £200 N/A N/A
01 Feb 1757 Drury Lane Zara, The Reprisal No No Yes £200 N/A N/A
16 Feb 1757 Drury Lane Zara, Lethe Yes No No £210 N/A N/A
26 Mar 1757 Drury Lane Zara, Lethe No No Yes £300 N/A N/A
31 May 1757 Drury Lane Zara, Lethe Yes No No £180 100% N/A
25 Oct 1757 Drury Lane Zara, Mercury Harlequin No No No £120 71% N/A
02 Nov 1757 Drury Lane Zara, Lethe No No No £180 75% N/A
11 Jan 1758 Drury Lane Zara, The Prussian Camp No Yes No £200 61% N/A
22 Apr 1758 Drury Lane Zara, The Toyshop, The Italian Peasants No No Yes £200 N/A N/A
08 Nov 1758 Drury Lane Zara, Lethe No No No £188 6d 72% N/A
20 Dec 1758 Drury Lane Zara, The Rout No No Yes £320 N/A N/A
11 Jan 1759 Covent Garden Zara, The Contrivances, The Threshers No No No £82 12s 33% N/A
19 Jan 1759 Covent Garden Zara, A Duke and no Duke, The Threshers Yes No No £50 18s 23% N/A
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