Theatronomics

Alzira; or, The Americans (1736)

Mainpiece

Tragedy

Spoken Drama

Taken from Voltaire's 'Alzire; ou, Les Américains' (1736); first performed at Lincoln's Inn Fields in 1737.

Covent Garden

Drury Lane

Show mainpieces/afterpieces only

1732

1809

Dates	Theatre	Performances	Requested	Commands	Benefit	Revenue	Available Revenue %	Capacity %
30 Apr 1744	Drury Lane	Alzira Or Spanish Insult Repented, The Anatomist	No	No	Yes	Unknown	N/A	N/A
18 Mar 1755	Covent Garden	Alzira, Taste, Comic Entertainment	No	No	Yes	Unknown	N/A	N/A
20 Mar 1755	Covent Garden	Alzira, Orpheus and Eurydice	No	No	No	Unknown	N/A	N/A
29 Apr 1756	Covent Garden	Alzira, A Duke and no Duke, Les Paisans Gallants	No	No	Yes	Unknown	N/A	N/A
11 Jan 1758	Covent Garden	Alzira, Harlequin Sorcerer	No	No	No	£127 13s	39%	N/A
13 Jan 1758	Covent Garden	Alzira, The Englishman Returned from Paris, The Judgment of Paris, The Italian Peasants	No	No	No	£64 8s	25%	N/A
19 Apr 1758	Covent Garden	Alzira, Harlequin Statue or The Jealous Farmer Deceivd, Fingalian Dance, Louvre, Minuet, Savoyards, The Provincial Sailors	No	No	Yes	£153 1s 6d	N/A	N/A

Performances

Commands

Drury Lane

Alzira Or Spanish Insult Repented, The Anatomist