The London Stage Database team will be retiring the Legacy Search on May 1, 2025. Please take a moment before that date to reproduce any pre-2021 searches and export any resulting datasets you may wish to preserve for future use. We are making this change in order to free up computational resources for new features and data, currently in development with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Watch this space for more updates and, coming soon, new ways to keep up with the latest project developments!

01 November 1768

Event Information
Theatre: Drury Lane Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1768-1769
Volume: 4
Comments: Mainpiece: An English Opera composed and directed by Dr Arne. In this opera two new performers appeared,--Mr Rathom who played Artaxerxes, a bad figure, extreamly aukward, and much hissed--the other Mrs Forbes, who played Arbaces, a small figure a good voice, was well received, and went decently through the part (Hopkins Diary)

Performance List

Event Downloads

JSON XML CSV

  • Your web browser doesn't have a PDF plugin. Instead, click here to download the PDF file

  • Original Data

    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p??dl Artaxerxes. Artaxerxes-Rathom; Arbaces-Mrs Forbes[, their first appearance%; Rimenes-Fawcett; Artabanes-Vernon; Semira-Miss Young; Mandani-Mrs Arne. *a??dl The Old Maid. Clerimont-Cautherly; Harlow-Packer; Capt. Cape-Baddeley; Heartwell-Hurst; Miss Harlow-Mrs Cross; Mrs Harlow-Miss Pope. *d??dl M Daguville[, 1st appearance%, Mrs King. *c??dl Mainpiece: An English Opera composed and directed by $Dr Arne=. In this opera two new performers appeared,--$Mr Rathom= who played <i>Artaxerxes</i>, a bad figure, extreamly aukward, and much hissed--the other $Mrs Forbes=, who played <i>Arbaces</i>, a small figure a good voice, was well received, and went decently through the part (<i>Hopkins Diary</i>).

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1768 11 01 dl Artaxerxes. Artaxerxes-Rathom; Arbaces-Mrs Forbes, their first appearance; Rimenes-Fawcett; Artabanes-Vernon; Semira-Miss Young; Mandani-Mrs Arne.*a1768 11 01 dl The Old Maid. Clerimont-Cautherly; Harlow-Packer; Capt. Cape-Baddeley; Heartwell-Hurst; Miss Harlow-Mrs Cross; Mrs Harlow-Miss Pope.*d1768 11 01 dl M Daguville, 1st appearance, Mrs King.*c1768 11 01 dl Mainpiece: An English Opera composed and directed by $Dr Arne=. In this opera two new performers appeared,--$Mr Rathom= who played <i>Artaxerxes</i>, a bad figure, extreamly aukward, and much hissed--the other $Mrs Forbes=, who played <i>Arbaces</i>, a small figure a good voice, was well received, and went decently through the part (<i>Hopkins Diary</i>).

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 34414 | 17681101 | dl | Mainpiece: An English Opera composed and directed by $Dr Arne=. In this opera two new performers appeared,--$Mr Rathom= who played <i>Artaxerxes</i>, a bad figure, extreamly aukward, and much hissed--the other $Mrs Forbes=, who played <i>Arbaces</i>, a small figure a good voice, was well received, and went decently through the part (<i>Hopkins Diary</i>)
    Performance: 70885 | 34414 | p | Artaxerxes | Artaxerxes-Rathom; Arbaces-Mrs Forbes, their first appearance; Rimenes-Fawcett; Artabanes-Vernon; Semira-Miss Young; Mandani-Mrs Arne.
    Cast:
    119281 | 70885 | Artaxerxes | Rathom
    119282 | 70885 | Arbaces | Mrs Forbes, their first appearance
    119283 | 70885 | Rimenes | Fawcett
    119284 | 70885 | Artabanes | Vernon
    119285 | 70885 | Semira | Miss Young
    119286 | 70885 | Mandani | Mrs Arne.
    Performance: 70886 | 34414 | a | The Old Maid | Clerimont-Cautherly; Harlow-Packer; Capt. Cape-Baddeley; Heartwell-Hurst; Miss Harlow-Mrs Cross; Mrs Harlow-Miss Pope.
    Cast:
    119287 | 70886 | Clerimont | Cautherly
    119288 | 70886 | Harlow | Packer
    119289 | 70886 | Cape | Baddeley
    119290 | 70886 | Heartwell | Hurst
    119291 | 70886 | Miss Harlow | Mrs Cross
    119292 | 70886 | Mrs Harlow | Miss Pope.
    Performance: 70887 | 34414 | d | M Daguville, 1st appearance, Mrs King

Mainpiece

Title: Artaxerxes
Comments:
Artaxerxes-Rathom; Arbaces-Mrs Forbes, their first appearance; Rimenes-Fawcett; Artabanes-Vernon; Semira-Miss Young; Mandani-Mrs Arne.
Cast:

Related Works

Work Title: Artaxerxes
Publish Date: 1724
Author: Apostolo Zeno
Work Title: Artaxerxes
Publish Date: 1762
Author: Thomas Arne
Birth: 1710
Death: 1778

Afterpiece

Title: The Old Maid
Comments:
Clerimont-Cautherly; Harlow-Packer; Capt. Cape-Baddeley; Heartwell-Hurst; Miss Harlow-Mrs Cross; Mrs Harlow-Miss Pope.
Cast:

Related Works

Work Title: The Old Maid
Publish Date: 1761
Author: Arthur Murphy
Birth: 1727
Death: 1805

Dance

Comment: M Daguville, 1st appearance, Mrs King

Cite this page

Chicago:
MLA: