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 1801 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Katharine and Petruchio No No No £422 3s 6d 76% N/A
08 Dec 1801 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, The Anatomist; or, The Sham Doctor No No No £365 18s 6d 66% N/A
10 Dec 1801 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Honest Thieves No No No £383 17s 6d 73% N/A
12 Dec 1801 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, The Humourist No No No £357 14s 6d 55% N/A
15 Dec 1801 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Review; or, The Wags of Windsor No No No £348 8s 73% N/A
17 Dec 1801 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, Katharine and Petruchio No No No £362 6s 6d 68% N/A
07 Jan 1802 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, Katharine and Petruchio No No No £338 7s 52% N/A
13 Mar 1802 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, The Spoiled Child No No No £404 15s 53% N/A
23 Mar 1802 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, Who's the Dupe? No No No £273 5s 49% N/A
01 Apr 1802 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, The Humourist No No No £304 6s 50% N/A
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