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 1766 Drury Lane Zara, Lethe, New Tambourine No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Jan 1766 Drury Lane Zara, Lethe No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Apr 1766 Drury Lane Zara, Daphne and Amintor, The Fortune Tellers, Ralph's Ramble; Or O'Rare London No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 Oct 1766 Drury Lane Zara, Lethe No No No £254 5s 6d 55% N/A
11 Nov 1767 Drury Lane Zara, The Old Maid No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Nov 1767 Drury Lane Zara, A Peep behind the Curtain Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 May 1768 Covent Garden Zara, The Upholsterer, The Wapping Landlady, Double Hornpipe No No Yes £235 14s N/A N/A
11 Oct 1768 Drury Lane Zara, Queen Mab Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Nov 1768 Covent Garden Zara, The Upholsterer, The Merry Sailors No No No £159 7s 6d N/A N/A
21 Feb 1769 Covent Garden Zara, Harlequin Skeleton Yes No No £198 7s N/A N/A
08 May 1769 Drury Lane Zara, The Register Office, New Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
02 Jan 1770 Drury Lane Zara, The Padlock No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Nov 1770 Drury Lane Zara, Miss in Her Teens No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Nov 1771 Drury Lane Zara, High Life below Stairs, The Amusements of Strasburgh Yes No No £248 6s 6d 52% N/A
16 Jan 1772 Drury Lane Zara, Lethe No No No £269 10s 6d N/A N/A
07 Nov 1772 Drury Lane Zara, Miss in Her Teens No No No £221 15s 6d 52% N/A
22 May 1773 Drury Lane Zara, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair, The Recruiting Serjeant Yes No No £215 13s 1d 91% N/A
08 Oct 1773 Drury Lane Zara, The Register Office No No No £182 6s 6d 69% N/A
13 Dec 1773 Drury Lane Zara, The Deserter No No No £195 10s 65% N/A
13 May 1774 Drury Lane Zara, The Note of Hand Yes No Yes £223 1s 6d 65% N/A
13 Oct 1774 Drury Lane Zara, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No No £219 12s 6d N/A N/A
03 Dec 1774 Covent Garden Zara, The Romance of an Hour, The Vintage Festival No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Dec 1774 Covent Garden Zara, The Druids No No No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Dec 1774 Drury Lane Zara, The Cobler, The Grand Provencalle Dance No No No £192 17s N/A N/A
03 Feb 1775 Covent Garden Zara, The Two Misers, The Reel No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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