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 Jan 1787 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Enchanted Castle No No No £318 1s 6d 58% N/A
20 Jan 1787 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Enchanted Castle No No No £295 7s 56% N/A
17 Feb 1787 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Country Wife, The Indian's Ransom No No No £259 58% N/A
20 Feb 1787 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Devil upon Two Sticks No No No £256 12s 52% N/A
26 Feb 1787 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Enchanted Castle No No No £266 12s 56% N/A
06 Mar 1787 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Barnaby Brittle No No No £180 1s 6d 100% N/A
12 Apr 1787 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Devil upon Two Sticks, The Wapping Landlady No No No £137 16s 6d 45% N/A
03 May 1787 Covent Garden Annette And Lubin, Artaxerxes, The Intriguing Chambermaid No No Yes £312 6s 57% N/A
25 Oct 1787 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, The Englishman in Paris, The Minuet de la Cour No No No £164 17s 6d 34% N/A
30 Nov 1787 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, The Humourist No No No £75 15s 35% N/A
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
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
26 Nov 1791 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Love a la Mode No No No £223 10s 6d 44% N/A
17 Dec 1791 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Love a la Mode No No No £212 17s 6d 46% N/A
07 Jan 1792 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Blue Beard No No No £199 16s 31% N/A
21 Jan 1792 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Blue Beard No No No £216 3s 33% N/A
17 Feb 1792 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Blue Beard No No No £178 15s 41% N/A
01 May 1792 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Lovers' Quarrels No No Yes £298 17s 7d 46% N/A
10 Nov 1792 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, The Englishman in Paris, Minuet No No No £309 14s 6d 54% N/A
14 Nov 1792 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, The Irish Widow No No No £160 10s 36% N/A
12 Dec 1792 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, Miss in her Teens No No No £163 16s 37% N/A
15 Dec 1792 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, The Farm House No No No £147 15s 6d 36% N/A
21 Jan 1793 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, The Ghost No No No £201 18s 38% N/A
23 May 1793 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, The Pannel, Ah che nel petto io sento No No Yes £216 4s 6d 62% N/A
30 Apr 1796 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Doldrum No No No £216 11s 6d 42% N/A
04 May 1796 Covent Garden The Death Of Captain Cook, Artaxerxes, Saint Patrick's Day No No No £195 15s 38% N/A
11 May 1796 Covent Garden The Way To Get Un married, Artaxerxes, The Doldrum No No No £194 12s 57% N/A
25 May 1796 Covent Garden Comus, Artaxerxes, The Doldrum, Sweet Echo, High Rolling Seas That Bear Afar, Mad Bess No No Yes £339 10s 39% N/A
03 Oct 1801 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Paul and Virginia No No No £496 9s 68% N/A
07 Oct 1801 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Jew and the Doctor No No No £493 11s 6d 100% N/A
08 Oct 1801 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, The Old Maid No No No £360 3s 6d 67% N/A
10 Oct 1801 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, The Irish Widow No No No £346 17s 6d 100% N/A
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