Artaxerxes, of De Vader Rechter over zijn Zoon
Artaxerce is a name given to a number of French dramatic works. The Italian Artaserse and the English and Dutch Artaxerxes are also found often.
Among them are:
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Artaxerce by Claude Boyer
Artaxerce is a tragedy in by Claude Boyer (1618-1698)[1]
Published with a commentary by the author in 1683.
Artaserse by Pietro Metastasio and Leonardo Vinci
An opera firrst performed in 1730.
Artaxerce by Antoine Marin Lemierre
Artaxerce is a tragedy by Antoine Marin Lemierre (1733–1793)[2], modelled on the opera Artaserse (1730) by Pietro Metastasio and Leonardo Vinci. It was first produced in Paris in 1766. Published under the name Antoine-Marin Le Mierre, in Paris by Valat-la-Chapelle, 1773.
Translated into Dutch as Artaxerxes, of De Bezoedelde Onschuld by Nicolaas Willem Op den Hooff and published in Amsterdam in 1767 by Izaak Duim. (It appears that there are also versions of Duim's publication without an atttribution, and the text is then attributed to Antoine Marin Lemierre (1733–1793)[3] by the particular library holding the text.)
Possibly performed in South Africa as Artaxerxes, of De Vader Rechter over zijn Zoon
Artaxerce by Etienne-Joseph-Bernard Delrieu
Artaxerce tragédie en V actes Etienne-Joseph-Bernard Delrieu, (ca. 1760-1836). Représentée, pour la première fois, à Paris, sur le Théâtre français, par les comédiens ordinaires de S. M. l'empereur et roi, le 30 avril 1808, et à St.-Cloud, devant Leurs Majestés impériales et royales, le 18 août de la même année. Published Paris : chez Giguet et Michaud, 1808.
Sources
Facsimile version of the original Dutch play of 1767, attributed to Hooff, Google E-book[4]
Facsimile version of the original Dutch play of 1767, attributed to Lemierre, Google E-book[5]
