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 %
16 Oct 1788 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Animal Magnetism No No No £229 13s 46% N/A
24 Oct 1788 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Barnaby Brittle No No No £174 1s 52% N/A
06 Dec 1788 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Child of Nature No No No £233 17s 6d 52% N/A
20 Dec 1788 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Miser No No No £172 7s 42% N/A
17 Jan 1789 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Animal Magnetism No No No £154 50% N/A
17 Nov 1791 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, All the Worlds a Stage No No No £432 17s 71% N/A
19 Nov 1791 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, The Follies of a Day, Ah! could Mandane yield her breath for thee! No No No £463 18s 65% N/A
19 Nov 1791 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Midnight Hour No No No £255 35% N/A
21 Nov 1791 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, The Citizen, Ah! could Mandane yield her breath for thee! No No No £398 15s 64% N/A
22 Nov 1791 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, High Life below Stairs, Mock Minuet, Ah! could Mandane yield her breath for thee! No No No £484 13s 69% N/A
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