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
£14,442 4s 1d £4,750 7s 6d (32.9%) £9,691 16s 7d (67.1%)
1732 - 1809
£14,442 4s 1d - (100%) £4,750 7s 6d (32.9%) £9,691 16s 7d (67.1%)
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 %
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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