The Wonder: A Woman Keeps a Secret (1714)

Author
Susanna Centlivre
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Comedy
Performance Medium
Spoken Drama
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
£27,402 3s £4,235 6s 6d (15.5%) £23,166 16s 6d (84.5%)
1732 - 1809
£27,402 3s - (100%) £4,235 6s 6d (15.5%) £23,166 16s 6d (84.5%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
207 60 147
1732 - 1809
207 60 147
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
23 Mar 1772 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Lyar, The Sailors' Revels No No No £265 18s 57% N/A
25 Apr 1772 Covent Garden The Wonder, The Author, The Merry Sailors No No Yes £120 1s 6d 39% N/A
09 May 1772 Drury Lane The Wonder, A Trip to Scotland, Minuet No No Yes £288 11s 65% N/A
15 Dec 1772 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Register Office, Comic Dance No No No £252 16s 66% N/A
27 May 1773 Drury Lane The Wonder, Miss in Her Teens, The Irish Fair No No Yes £292 14s 6d 47% N/A
13 Jan 1774 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Anatomist No No No £255 12s 6d 53% N/A
21 Jan 1774 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Lyar Yes No No £246 18s 6d 59% N/A
14 Feb 1774 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Note of Hand Yes No No £263 9s 6d 59% N/A
18 Jan 1775 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Cobler No No No £266 14s 6d N/A N/A
20 Jan 1775 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Lottery Yes No No £219 13s N/A N/A
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