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 %
19 Mar 1759 Drury Lane Zara, Lethe No No Yes £213 N/A N/A
02 May 1759 Drury Lane Zara, Fortunatus, The Swiss, Hornpipe No No Yes £140 N/A N/A
31 May 1759 Drury Lane Zara, The Guardian No No No £150 100% N/A
03 Nov 1759 Drury Lane Zara, High Life Below Stairs No No No £150 52% N/A
05 Dec 1759 Drury Lane Zara, The Male Coquette No No Yes £200 N/A N/A
12 Dec 1759 Covent Garden Zara, Lethe, Fingalian Dance No No Yes £163 15s 6d 21% N/A
14 Dec 1759 Drury Lane Zara, The Tutor Yes No No £140 50% N/A
27 Mar 1760 Drury Lane Zara, Lethe, The Cow Keepers No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 Oct 1760 Drury Lane Zara, Lethe, The Cow Keepers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Feb 1761 Drury Lane Zara, Edgar and Emmeline No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
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