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 %
26 Jan 1764 Drury Lane Zara, Interlude Hymen, The Rites of Hecate No No No £208 11s N/A N/A
02 Feb 1764 Drury Lane Zara, The Rites of Hecate, Interlude Hymen No Yes No £262 6s N/A N/A
06 Feb 1765 Drury Lane Zara, Queen Mab No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Apr 1765 Drury Lane Zara, Rosamond, The Medley No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
12 Oct 1765 Drury Lane Zara, Daphne and Amintor No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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
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