Artaxerxes (1762)

Composer
Thomas Augustine Arne
Author
Thomas Augustine Arne
Author
Pietro Metastasio
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Ballad Opera/Burletta/Opera
Performance Medium
Musical
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
£29,892 14s 6d £16,260 (54.4%) £13,632 14s 6d (45.6%)
1732 - 1809
£29,892 14s 6d - (100%) £16,260 (54.4%) £13,632 14s 6d (45.6%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
180 128 52
1732 - 1809
180 128 52
Notes
Based on the Metastasio's libretto for 'Artaserses' (1730).
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
01 Dec 1780 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, Harlequin's Invasion No No No £122 12s 6d 43% N/A
24 Jan 1781 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, Who's the Dupe?, The Countryman Deceiv'd, Minuet de la Cour No No No £115 18s 6d 34% N/A
02 May 1781 Covent Garden The Farmer's Return From London, Artaxerxes, Chit Chat, Three Weeks after Marriage, St David's Day No No Yes £196 6s 54% N/A
12 Oct 1781 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, The Critic No No No £191 13s 100% N/A
24 Oct 1781 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Deaf Lover, The Sports of the Green No No No £228 4s 6d 70% N/A
03 Nov 1781 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Touchstone No No No £94 19s N/A N/A
23 Jan 1783 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Lord Mayor's Day No No No £304 15s 6d 51% N/A
05 Feb 1783 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Lord Mayor's Day No No No £202 15s 6d 65% N/A
16 Oct 1783 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Barnaby Brittle or A Wife at her Wits End No No No £152 6d 61% N/A
21 Feb 1784 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Rival Knights, Barnaby Brittle No No No £116 10s 6d 34% N/A
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