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 %
13 Oct 1801 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Irishman in London No No No £377 4s 75% N/A
15 Oct 1801 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Lovers' Quarrels No No No £232 11s 62% N/A
17 Oct 1801 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, The Mock Doctor No No No £482 19s 100% N/A
20 Oct 1801 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Lovers' Quarrels No No No £424 70% N/A
22 Oct 1801 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, Who's the Dupe? No No No £496 7s 100% N/A
04 Nov 1801 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Honest Thieves No No No £416 4s 6d 82% N/A
05 Nov 1801 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, The Mock Doctor No No No £405 11s 6d 56% N/A
06 Nov 1801 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Perouse; or, The Desolate Island No No No £471 5s 6d 77% N/A
09 Nov 1801 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, The Citizen No No No £456 12s 6d 57% N/A
11 Nov 1801 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, High Life Below Stairs No No No £527 2s 60% N/A
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