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 %
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
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