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 %
05 Dec 1787 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, Who's the Dupe No No No £64 17s 6d 22% N/A
07 Apr 1788 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, Who's the Dupe No No Yes £351 5s 6d 40% N/A
12 Apr 1788 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, The First Floor No No No £238 2s 6d N/A N/A
15 Apr 1788 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, High Life below Stairs No No No £222 3s 6d 57% N/A
19 Apr 1788 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, The Critic No No No £256 12s 6d 63% N/A
22 Apr 1788 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, The Miller of Mansfield No No No £208 16s 6d 56% N/A
30 Apr 1788 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Padlock, Leap Year No No Yes £293 10s 6d N/A N/A
09 May 1788 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, The Humourist No No No £140 9s 6d 48% N/A
09 May 1788 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Animal Magnetism No No No £149 9s 6d 52% N/A
28 May 1788 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, The Humourist No No Yes £149 17s 6d 65% N/A
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