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 %
07 Mar 1775 Drury Lane Zara, The Rival Candidates No No No £243 18s N/A N/A
12 Oct 1775 Covent Garden Zara, The Two Misers, The Gamesters No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Oct 1775 Drury Lane Zara, The Rival Candidates No No No £232 7s 6d N/A N/A
14 Dec 1775 Drury Lane Zara, The Sultan Yes No No £198 13s 6d N/A N/A
31 Jan 1776 Covent Garden Zara, Prometheus No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
03 Feb 1776 Drury Lane Zara, The Blackamoor No No No £197 2s 6d N/A N/A
07 Mar 1776 Drury Lane Zara, The Spleen or Islington Spa, The Sailors' Revels Yes No No £272 18s 6d N/A N/A
12 Feb 1779 Covent Garden Zara, Three Weeks after Marriage, The Embarkment for Cytherea No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Dec 1780 Drury Lane Zara, The Critic No No No £140 15s 58% N/A
02 Jan 1781 Drury Lane Zara, The Lyar, The Countryman Deceiv'd No No No £103 4s 29% N/A
03 Feb 1781 Drury Lane Zara, Robinson Crusoe No No No £216 15s 60% N/A
10 Jan 1782 Covent Garden Zara, The Choice of Harlequin No No No £211 10s 59% N/A
17 Jan 1782 Covent Garden Zara, The Choice of Harlequin No No No £232 2s 65% N/A
10 Oct 1782 Covent Garden Zara, The Choice of Harlequin or The Indian Chief No No No £218 11s 55% N/A
25 Nov 1782 Covent Garden Zara, Lord Mayor's Day or A Flight from Lapland No No No £215 3s 47% N/A
04 Mar 1784 Covent Garden Zara, The Rival Knights, Rosina No No No £202 11s N/A N/A
28 Sep 1784 Covent Garden Zara, Catherine and Petruchio No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Nov 1784 Drury Lane Zara, Bon Ton No Yes No £289 18s N/A N/A
24 Nov 1784 Drury Lane Zara, High Life below Stairs No No No £226 6s 6d N/A N/A
26 Dec 1785 Drury Lane Zara, Hurly Burly or The Fairy of the Well No No No £181 2s 43% N/A
07 Oct 1791 Covent Garden Zara, The Mayor of Garratt, The Wapping Landlady No No No £161 5s 6d 100% N/A
19 Dec 1796 Covent Garden Zara, Harlequin and Oberon or The Chace to Gretna No No No £193 5s 6d 44% N/A
20 Apr 1805 Covent Garden Zara, The Padlock No No No £467 1s 6d 74% N/A
23 Apr 1805 Covent Garden Zara, The Poor Soldier No No No £459 10s 71% N/A
25 Apr 1805 Covent Garden Zara, Rosina No No No £480 17s 6d 77% N/A
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