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
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
03 Apr 1802 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Review; or, The Wags of Windsor No No No £343 4s 6d 47% N/A
10 Apr 1802 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, Three Weeks After Marriage No No No £409 9s 51% N/A
26 Apr 1802 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, Harlequin Amulet No No No £438 3s 6d 64% N/A
27 Apr 1802 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Brazen Mask; or, Alberto and Rosabella No No No £296 16s 6d 57% N/A
06 May 1802 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Brazen Mask; or, Alberto and Rosabella No No No £332 12s 38% N/A
26 May 1802 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, Who's the Dupe? No No No £268 10s 6d 64% N/A
03 Jun 1802 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, Blue Beard No No Yes £632 1s 6d 71% N/A
11 May 1807 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, No Song No Supper, Lost is the Bliss, Own Not You Feel While Listening to That Tongue, Sweet Friend-Ship, View Two Bleeding Hearts, Oh! Father, Now I Must Away, Pierce, Pierce My Heart Ungrateful, The Birth, Christening, Marriages, and Other Family Misfortunes of Dennis Brulgruddery, The Battle of Maida No No Yes £608 11s 6d 52% N/A
20 May 1807 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, Siege of Troy No No Yes £787 N/A N/A
20 Oct 1807 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Wedding Day No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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